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

2. What color lipstick does Fiona always apply before leaving the house, according to Grant?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Nude.
(d) Pink.

3. What beverage does the narrator name as one Grant never drinks?
(a) Tea.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Soda.
(d) Coffee.

4. For how many years have Fiona and Grant lived in their house by the time Fiona moves to Meadowlake?
(a) 8.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 12.

5. Grant had accepted Fiona's proposal of marriage because she had possessed "the spark of" (276) what?
(a) Passion.
(b) Life.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristy asks Grant whether he is happy to see that Fiona is taking what action?

2. What action does Fiona suggest to Grant that he take when he asks whether she will be done helping with the game soon?

3. During Fiona's college years, she is described as seeing politics as a what?

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

5. Among Grant's many paramours over the years are women he calls "loose" (287) what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. What is Munro's purpose for including the detail about the scents of "dope and incense" (285)?

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

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

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

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

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

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