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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. While Aubrey will watch any sport on television, which one is his favorite?
(a) Golf.
(b) Football.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Baseball.

2. What object does Grant name in order to describe academic parties after the beginning of the sexual revolution?
(a) Orgies.
(b) Minefields.
(c) Celebrations.
(d) Explosions.

3. Grant's first illicit affair had been with a woman named what?
(a) Jacqui.
(b) Michaela.
(c) Kay.
(d) Marian.

4. Aubrey and Fiona spend most of their time together in what room?
(a) The lobby.
(b) The card room.
(c) The conservatory.
(d) Aubrey's room.

5. What two types of literature has Grant always taught as a university professor?
(a) Nordic and Anglo-Saxon.
(b) Greek and Roman.
(c) Nordic and Slavic.
(d) South American and Central American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What card game does Aubrey play with the other residents while Fiona sits nearby?

2. What is NOT an adjective Grant uses to describe how he must look as he trails along after Fiona and Aubrey during his visits?

3. Grant asks Aubrey's wife if she will bring Aubrey to visit Fiona how many times per week?

4. What action does Aubrey always take when Grant comes to visit Fiona?

5. On what street does Aubrey's wife live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kristy say when Grant asks what is the matter with Fiona?

2. How is Aubrey's malady different than Fiona's malady?

3. What is "the most obvious" and "most necessary question" (293) mentioned by the narrator upon several occasions?

4. How do Fiona's habits change after Aubrey's departure from Meadowlake?

5. What is significant about the way in which Grant's relationship with Jacqui ends?

6. Describe the favor Fiona asks of Grant and why this is such a poignant moment in the narrative.

7. How does Munro go about demonstrating Kristy's uniqueness among her colleagues?

8. What kind of work had Aubrey done before he stopped working and what method is used to deliver this information to the reader?

9. What holds Grant back from asking "the most obvious" and "most necessary" (293) question?

10. How does Grant find out that Fiona is not feeling well?

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