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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Annie start to flip through daily?
(a) Her wedding album.
(b) Memoirs of a Geisha
(c) Her old photography textbooks.
(d) Memoir with Bookshop.

2. What disturbing memory surfaces for Annie?
(a) Getting lost in the park between her home and Sofie's.
(b) Annie's noisy and disruptive home.
(c) The man on the bridal path who asks to girls to touch his erection.
(d) Being jealous of Sofie's musical gift.

3. Why is Frieda not a part of the scattering of Graham's ashes?
(a) It would make the event more difficult for Lucas is she were there.
(b) It would upset her too much.
(c) Annie does not want Graham's ex-wife to be a part of it.
(d) She is not feeling well the day they decide to scatter his ashes.

4. Why did Sarah's grief not hit her until she was back home in San Francisco?
(a) She was too grief-stricken to even cry or realize how upset she was.
(b) She felt she needed to be strong for her mother.
(c) She did not truly believe her father was dead.
(d) She was not sad until she spoke to Thomas about it.

5. How does Annie react to the plastic bag that contains Graham's ashes?
(a) She is shocked into silence.
(b) She cries.
(c) She almost laughs out loud.
(d) She is angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie remember saying to Rosemary, after seeing her crying in Graham's office?

2. How does Annie feel when she sees Sofie Kahn's name on the announcement board?

3. What had Graham called the place he wanted his ashes distributed?

4. In Chapter 22, what does Jeanne think about the relationship between Annie and Frieda?

5. What are the two main reasons for the differences between the Kahn home and Annie's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frieda begin to feel admiration for Jeanne for keeping her out of the spreading of Graham's ashes?

2. In Chapter 22, what does Lucas tell Jeanne is what he loves about Annie?

3. Why does Annie feel it was the wrong decision to return to the lake house in Vermont?

4. Why does Edith feel sorry for her ex-husband, Mike?

5. How does Annie's feelings towards Mike's behavior change over time?

6. How does Frieda acknowledging Graham's affair get her into a tough situation with Annie?

7. What is Frieda's response when Sarah asks her if her relationship with Graham had been as secretive as Graham and Annie's?

8. How does Edith respond when Annie says that, now that Graham is dead, there is nothing left?

9. How do Sarah and Lucas find themselves in the same situation regarding their parents and their expectations of them?

10. How does being a caretaker of Claire make Frieda feel?

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