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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. When Anna realizes she does not know how to talk to teenagers, she gives the reason that her oldest patients had been what age?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

2. In what part of the house does Anna say she has spent much of the year?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The rooftop garden.
(c) Her bed.
(d) Her darkroom.

3. Anna reveals that she has not left her house in nearly how long?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) A month.
(d) A year.

4. What does Olivia do when Ed and Anna break the news of their impending divorce?
(a) She runs out of the room.
(b) She breaks the window.
(c) She calmly accepts the news.
(d) She crawls under the bed.

5. What nickname does Anna's husband Ed call her?
(a) Babe.
(b) Trooper.
(c) Slugger.
(d) Marshmallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Little say that the paramedics had found Anna the previous night?

2. On the ride home from the hospital the day after she witnesses Jane get stabbed, Anna remarks that if it were not for what element, she would scream until the windows shattered?

3. How many days after their decision to separate had Anna and Ed taken a family trip to Vermont?

4. What feature of her garden does Anna say she longs to hug every so often?

5. What alcoholic drink does Anna most often imbibe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theme is depicted within Anna's interactions with Lizzie?

2. What is the significance of Anna's decision to watch the Today Show through the lens of her camera as her new neighbor watches on his own television?

3. What connection does the author depict between Anna and alcohol?

4. In what scene is David's role as a possible red herring firmly established by the author?

5. What is the main reason Anna cites for her failure to call and warn Mrs. Miller of her husband's imminent arrival?

6. What effect does the symbolism of Olivia's empty room have on the reader?

7. What does Anna name as some of the issues that are difficult for her during her conversation with Bina over lunch?

8. What is the reason for the author's use of the word "halo" (118) when describing Jane through Anna's eyes?

9. What does Ed's comment regarding Anna's emergency line reserved for her patients reveal in regard to his feelings about her career?

10. What details does Anna reveal about the extent of her agoraphobia during her description of the umbrella, which her psychiatrist calls her secret weapon?

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