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

2. What is the scent of Graham's room that reminds Sarah of him?
(a) Flowers.
(b) His cologne.
(c) Incense and cigarettes.
(d) Books and paper.

3. How had Annie met Edith?
(a) Edith is Annie and Graham's next door neighbor.
(b) Edith's husband had published Annie's photo book "Emergency."
(c) Edith was a college friend of Annie's.
(d) Edith works at the bookstore.

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

5. How does Annie describe how both she and Graham were when they were at their lake house in Vermont?
(a) Louder.
(b) Happier.
(c) Quieter.
(d) Busier.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Sarah feel jealous about Annie and Frieda's relationship?

3. What is Edith's response to Annie when she says there is nothing left?

4. Why is Frieda not a part of the scattering of Graham's ashes?

5. When Annie returns from Frieda's, how does she look to Sarah, at the beginning of Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Annie feel as she watches the children scatter Graham's ashes?

7. How does Annie compare the arrival of Graham's ashes to Annie shutting Graham's office door after Rosemary leaves?

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

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

10. How does Annie describe the changes that took place when she and Graham were at the lake house?

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