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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Danielle's response when Annie says she cannot make it to the gallery on Sunday?

2. Why does Sarah feel odd receiving her mother's phone call in front of Thomas?

3. What does Annie think of Sarah's steady, maternal behavior?

4. Why is Graham sipping his coffee and thinking about Frieda?

5. Where did Annie grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annie learn about Frieda based on Frieda's reaction to the news of Graham's death?

2. Why is Annie surprised by Sarah's behavior at Annie and Graham's home?

3. What does Annie realize, towards the end of this section of the book, is changing regarding her relationship to her children?

4. How does the talk go between Graham and Rosemary?

5. Why does Annie sometimes feel envious of Graham when she would see him around town?

6. What advice does John Norris give Graham over their lunch date?

7. What is Annie's reaction to Danielle's vote of confidence regarding her upcoming solo show?

8. What is Annie's reaction to the EMTs laughter as they carry Graham's body out of the house?

9. Why does Lucas resent his mother?

10. What do Sarah and Lucas believe must take place for their father and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Annie and Frieda long for beauty and loveliness in life. How do they each describe this beauty or loveliness? How have they both found it, at various times in their lives? How have they also both lost it? What struggles have they gone through to keep it?

Essay Topic 2

Annie knows right away that something is wrong at the beginning of Chapter 8. How does she know that things are not right? How does she react to this horrific event? How does her reaction reflect what the reader already knows about her?

Essay Topic 3

Annie feels a sense of relief multiple times, in regards to her closeness with people. What are two times that she feels this relief? What are the events surrounding this sense of relief? What does this reinforce regarding Annie's personality as it was described early on in the book?

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