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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. How does Sarah describe how she felt about her home as a child?
(a) Her home was small.
(b) Her home was shabby.
(c) Her home was perfect.
(d) Her home made her sad.

2. What is the reason Annie gives for why she is able to so fully forget the disturbing memory from her past?
(a) Annie had gone to therapy.
(b) Annie forced herself to forget the event.
(c) The event was just a dream.
(d) The disturbing event had ended well.

3. Where had Annie last seen Sofie Kahn's name approximately 35 years earlier?
(a) On television.
(b) In a New York Times review.
(c) On a Broadway billboard.
(d) In an advertisement for an orchestra concert.

4. What does the looseness of Annie's childhood home mean to her and her siblings?
(a) They have freedom to roam and do as they wish, even with adult supervision.
(b) They are the party house for the neighborhood kids.
(c) They are on their own, as their mother has better things to do than fuss with them.
(d) They have relaxed but supportive parents.

5. What is the reason Frieda gives for why Graham would have an affair?
(a) His physical needs were complex.
(b) He never could love just one person.
(c) His Grahamness. His appetite for everything.
(d) He was lonely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Sarah glad that Annie left for Vermont?

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

4. Why does Annie tell Frieda is the reason she wants Graham back, in Chapter 21?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Frieda believe one can manage in life?

3. What is Graham's argument, as shared by Annie, regarding why people read fiction?

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

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

6. What bonded Annie and Sofie?

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

8. How does Lucas initially feel about his daughter? Why?

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

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

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