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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. After a few years as a professor, Grant noticed that he suddenly started to have what sort of students?
(a) Single females.
(b) Married females.
(c) Gay males.
(d) Married males.

2. A staff member tells Grant that if Fiona does not regain her will to move around, Fiona will have to be moved to which floor?
(a) The third.
(b) The fourth.
(c) The second.
(d) The first.

3. What activity does Grant often do with Fiona in the reading room once she refuses to go anywhere else?
(a) He reads to her.
(b) He plays checkers with her.
(c) He does crossword puzzles with her.
(d) He listens to her read.

4. What subject does Grant decide not to bring up again once Aubrey's wife appears unwilling to grant his request?
(a) Sex.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Aubrey.

5. What adjective is NOT used to describe the conversations Grant is able to have with Fiona during his visits?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Maddening.
(c) Brief.
(d) Friendly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the only two things Fiona does each morning once Aubrey has departed from Meadowlake?

3. Kristy tells Grant one day that which part of Fiona had been "deteriorating" (309) since Aubrey's departure?

4. What kind of physical contact do Fiona and Aubrey maintain even after they turn around and see Grant?

5. What object does Grant name in order to describe academic parties after the beginning of the sexual revolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss an instance when Munro utilizes white space in order to magnify the emotional messages in a certain passage.

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

5. What reasons does Marian cite when she is reluctant to agree to Grant's request?

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Marian unwilling to place Aubrey into Meadowlake on a full-time basis?

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