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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 314-323.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant tells Kristy that he wonders sometimes if Fiona is taking what action?
(a) Wanting to be taken home.
(b) Putting on a charade.
(c) Surrendering.
(d) Crying out for help.

2. Marian tells Grant that she had made a resolution to "quit quitting" (314) which vice?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Swearing.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Alcohol.

3. Grant imagines Marian going about her business at home while all of the time being "conscious of the silence of" (321) what?
(a) The phone.
(b) The living room.
(c) Aubrey's bedroom.
(d) Her thoughts.

4. What is NOT an adjective Grant uses to describe how he must look as he trails along after Fiona and Aubrey during his visits?
(a) Unhinged.
(b) Devoted.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Pathetic.

5. What objects does Fiona name as a means of "always taking you somewhere" (277)?
(a) Escalators.
(b) Stairs.
(c) Sidewalks.
(d) Fences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group or individual is NOT named among the people who had "pushed him" out of his habits of infidelity "just in time" (287)?

2. During the time of Grant's most active time as a philanderer, what situation was Fiona dealing with?

3. Grant gives Fiona a book about which country on the day when Aubrey leaves Meadowlake?

4. What country is NOT named as one to which Fiona and Grant had traveled during one of their winters after retirement?

5. Fiona tells Grant that she needs to return to Aubrey's side for what reason?

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