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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. A supervisor at Meadowlake tells Grant that the patients on which floor have separate rules than the patients on Fiona's floor?
(a) The first.
(b) The third.
(c) The fourth.
(d) The second.

2. Who locates Fiona after her sudden disappearance from a particular location?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A bank teller.
(c) A firefighter.
(d) A policeman.

3. Which group or individual is NOT named among the people who had "pushed him" out of his habits of infidelity "just in time" (287)?
(a) Feminists.
(b) His suicidal former lover.
(c) Fiona's parents.
(d) His friends.

4. What is the name of the nurse to whom Grant always hopes to speak when he calls Meadowlake?
(a) Kaylie.
(b) Kristy.
(c) Karen.
(d) Katie.

5. Kristy asks Grant whether he is happy to see that Fiona is taking what action?
(a) Making friends.
(b) Chatting.
(c) Participating.
(d) Adjusting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity does Grant undertake to get exercise after Fiona's move to Meadowlake?

2. Meadowlake has a rule that no one can move into the facility during which month of each year?

3. Grant had accepted Fiona's proposal of marriage because she had possessed "the spark of" (276) what?

4. What is NOT a virtue Grant names as being part of the character of "a philanderer" (286)?

5. What does Grant turn on while he prepares his own supper after Fiona's move to Meadowlake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would Grant have considered the ultimate price to pay for his adulterous ways?

2. In what month does Fiona move into Meadowlake and why?

3. What is the symbolism of the yellow notes Grant had started to find around the house?

4. What comment does Fiona make on the way to Meadowlake that makes Grant want to turn the car around?

5. What question does Grant keep asking Kristy over and over during his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?

6. When the narrative moves into the present, what setting is depicted?

7. In what way does Munro use the dream motif to reveal information about Grant?

8. What reasons are named for Grant's decision to accept Fiona's proposal of marriage?

9. What event made it possible for both Fiona and Grant to retire early?

10. For how long had Fiona and Grant lived in their home at the time when Fiona began to show signs of dementia and why is this detail significant?

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