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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. Why does Annie want to talk to Frieda about Graham's betrayal?
(a) Annie wants to tell someone who can help her tell the children.
(b) Annie wants to speak to someone who will keep this a secret.
(c) Annie wants someone who will be angry with her.
(d) Annie wants a shoulder to cry on.

2. What does Sarah do when she realizes she does not want to be alone in her childhood home?
(a) She stops by her father's bookstore.
(b) She books a flight back to San Francisco later that day.
(c) She heads to Vermont to see her mother.
(d) She visits friends in the neighborhood.

3. Why did Edith's husband leave her?
(a) He was in love with another woman.
(b) He did not feel he was worthy of Edith.
(c) He was gay.
(d) He was no longer in love with Edith.

4. At the memorial for Graham, who does Frieda toast?
(a) Graham and Annie.
(b) Graham.
(c) Sarah and Lucas.
(d) Graham's friends.

5. Why is Sarah glad that Annie left for Vermont?
(a) Sarah wants to visit childhood friends.
(b) Sarah does not want to see her mother.
(c) Sarah knows her mother needs some time alone.
(d) Sarah wants the house to herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Frieda been permanently cut off from her son, based on what is said in Chapter 22?

2. What is the scent of Graham's room that reminds Sarah of him?

3. How does Annie think she is now just like Frieda?

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

5. What is Frieda's physical reaction when Annie tells her the woman Graham had an affair with was in Graham's office at the end of the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frieda feel, in the end, about hearing Annie constantly vent about Graham's betrayal?

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

3. What bonded Annie and Sofie?

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

5. Why does Annie feel relief when Sarah leaves at the beginning of Chapter 14?

6. When Annie sees Sofie Kahn's name on the announcement board, how does she react?

7. How does Annie feel about heading to Vermont at the beginning of Chapter 15?

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

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

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

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