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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 figures out that he had quit smoking cigarettes how many decades before the narrative present?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. Grant had not noticed the electrical quality of what item in Fiona's room before his visit on page 304?
(a) The piano.
(b) The throw.
(c) The clock.
(d) The bed.

3. What are the only two things Fiona does each morning once Aubrey has departed from Meadowlake?
(a) Gets up and gets dressed.
(b) Cries and brushes her teeth.
(c) Cleans her room and eats.
(d) Walks and eats.

4. What feature stops Grant from investigating the ward on the second floor when he reaches the top of the stairs?
(a) A lock on the door.
(b) An alarm.
(c) A barricade.
(d) The lack of a doorknob.

5. Once Grant gets the idea that Fiona has begun to dislike him, he decides there is now no point in mentioning which topic?
(a) Their grandchildren.
(b) Fiona moving home.
(c) Grant getting a job at Meadowlake.
(d) Their marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the eyes of Aubrey's wife?

2. In what area of Meadowlake do Fiona and Aubrey go walking together?

3. In what tone does Kristy tell Grant that Fiona "is a real lady" (294)?

4. What expression appears on Fiona's and Aubrey's faces when they turn around to see Grant standing in Fiona's room?

5. When the narrator describes the families who visit residents of Meadowlake, which people are said to be "without apprehension" (297)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe an instance when Munro uses a war metaphor to indicate the two themes of danger and excitement.

3. What event causes Grant to realize that Aubrey must be checking out of Meadowlake?

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

5. Which eras are included in the story of Grant and Fiona's marriage and how do you know?

6. What does the Meadowlake supervisor tell Grant when she calls him into her office?

7. For what reason does Grant try to explore the second floor ward at Meadowlake?

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

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

10. To whose home does Grant travel in an attempt to help Fiona?

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