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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Grant's affair with Jacqui, he always took what precaution in his future affairs?
(a) He never let another woman gets as close to him as Jacqui had.
(b) He never told another woman his home address.
(c) He never made promises like he had made to Jacqui.
(d) He never fell in love with a woman like he had with Jacqui.

2. Who comes to pick up Aubrey when he leaves Meadowlake?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) His daughter.

3. What expression appears on Fiona's and Aubrey's faces when they turn around to see Grant standing in Fiona's room?
(a) Relief.
(b) Anger.
(c) Shame.
(d) Glee.

4. What is Kristy's reply when Grant asks her what malady is keeping Fiona in bed in the daytime?
(a) She says that Fiona had wanted to watch an old movie on television.
(b) She says that Fiona had been having trouble breathing.
(c) She says nothing is really the matter.
(d) She says that Fiona had fallen.

5. What color are the eyes of Aubrey's wife?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Brown.

6. What subject does Grant decide not to bring up again once Aubrey's wife appears unwilling to grant his request?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Sex.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Aubrey.

7. When the narrator describes the families who visit residents of Meadowlake, which people are said to be "in charge" (297)?
(a) The teenagers.
(b) The fathers.
(c) The youngest children.
(d) The mothers.

8. What adjective is NOT used to describe the conversations Grant is able to have with Fiona during his visits?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Maddening.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Brief.

9. Grant gives Fiona a book about which country on the day when Aubrey leaves Meadowlake?
(a) Norway.
(b) Australia.
(c) Japan.
(d) Iceland.

10. After a few years as a professor, Grant noticed that he suddenly started to have what sort of students?
(a) Married males.
(b) Married females.
(c) Gay males.
(d) Single females.

11. Grant figures out that he had quit smoking cigarettes how many decades before the narrative present?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

12. What is eventually revealed to be the first name of Aubrey's wife?
(a) Jane.
(b) Janice.
(c) Marian.
(d) Sarah.

13. Kristy tells Grant one day that which part of Fiona had been "deteriorating" (309) since Aubrey's departure?
(a) Her muscles.
(b) Her life force.
(c) Her will.
(d) Her aura.

14. What does Fiona do during mealtimes after Aubrey's departure from Meadowlake?
(a) Pretends to eat.
(b) Throws her food.
(c) Writes letters.
(d) Eats.

15. What "flowery expression" (305) does Fiona use for Aubrey once he starts to weep onto her bed?
(a) Darling.
(b) Dear heart.
(c) Sweet pea.
(d) Honeybunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many years younger than Aubrey does Grant believe Aubrey's wife to be?

2. What activity were Aubrey and his wife performing when Aubrey came down with the high fever that led to a coma?

3. Which member of the Meadowlake staff calls Grant in to talk about Fiona?

4. What word does Grant use to describe what academic parties were like before the onset of the sexual revolution?

5. When the narrator describes the families who visit residents of Meadowlake, which people are said to be "without apprehension" (297)?

(see the answer keys)

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