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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. Kristy tells Grant that he will learn what skill over time?
(a) How to befriend Fiona.
(b) How not to take things so seriously.
(c) How to laugh.
(d) How to determine how much Fiona remembers during a given visit.

2. Grant tells the doctor that Fiona had once mistakenly left what object in storage for an extended period of time?
(a) A bundle of cash.
(b) A fur coat.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A sports car.

3. What does Grant turn on while he prepares his own supper after Fiona's move to Meadowlake?
(a) The television news.
(b) The dishwasher.
(c) An easy listening radio station.
(d) Every light in the house.

4. Fiona tells Grant that she needs to return to Aubrey's side for what reason?
(a) Aubrey gets violent if Fiona is not by his side.
(b) Aubrey will begin to cry if Fiona is away from his side for very long.
(c) Aubrey cannot see very well.
(d) Aubrey thinks he cannot play if she is not sitting next to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event led to Fiona and Grant's decision to retire early?

2. What advice does Kristy offer to Grant at the end of his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?

3. Kristy instructs Grant to say hello to Fiona while trying not to take what action?

4. What is NOT given as an example of a particular note Grant finds in the house?

5. After their retirement, Fiona and Grant began to engage in what activity together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What job had Fiona done prior to taking early retirement?

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

4. What consequences did Fiona suffer as a result of Grant's infidelities?

5. 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?

6. What gift does Grant bring to Fiona when he visits her at Meadowlake for the first time, and what is significant about the gift?

7. How and when did Fiona and Grant first meet?

8. What were the circumstances that led to the engagement between Fiona and Grant?

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

10. What event involving a policeman had convinced Grant that he could no longer look after Fiona at home?

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