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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. What substance was used to write a particular word across Grant's office door?
(a) Red paint.
(b) Blood.
(c) Ketchup.
(d) Black paint.

2. What is NOT given as an example of a particular note Grant finds in the house?
(a) Knives.
(b) Cutlery.
(c) Dishtowels.
(d) Glasses.

3. What color are the notes that Grant begins to find all over the house?
(a) Pink.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

4. At the time of the narrative's events, Grant is writing a book about myths of what type?
(a) Roman.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Greek.
(d) Norse.

5. Among Grant's many paramours over the years are women he calls "loose" (287) what?
(a) Wives.
(b) Vixens.
(c) Girls.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item did Grant promise to Fiona on the New Year's Eve that followed his receipt of the letter?

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

4. Grant thinks about his colleague as being one of the first to have cast aside what object?

5. Fiona's father had been what kind of doctor during her youth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the function of Grant's colleague within the context of the story?

6. Which parties does Grant hold responsible for putting a stop to his infidelity "just in time" (287)?

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

8. In what ways does Grant consider his own past infidelities to be different from those of other "husbands and fathers" (284)?

9. What details lead the reader to conclude that Fiona and Grant's marriage had positive qualities?

10. For what reason was Fiona ostracized by many of her peers at college?

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