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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. What does Anna NOT list among the things she misses about Ed?
(a) His Nicholas Cage impression.
(b) His stupid jokes.
(c) His bedtime stories.
(d) His great hugs.

2. Though David has been Anna's tenant for two months, what action has she never seen him take?
(a) He has never smiled.
(b) He has never shaken her hand.
(c) He has never looking her in the eye.
(d) He has never hugged her.

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

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

5. What movie is quoted within the novel's epigraph?
(a) Double Indemnity.
(b) Rosemary's Baby.
(c) Shadow of a Doubt.
(d) Gaslight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of object is the item Dr. Fielding refers to as Anna's "secret weapon"? (31)

2. From what townhome is Anna sure the scream she hears has originated?

3. When Anna absentmindedly draws on the shower door, what does she realize she has written over and over?

4. Anna says that Olivia had been at an age when everything reminded her of a what?

5. For how long has Bina been working as Anna's physical therapist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized by Ed's toolbox within the narrative?

2. What is the relationship between Anna and Olivia and how would you characterize it?

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

4. How does the theme of isolation emerge within Anna's description of her townhome?

5. What is ironic about the fact that only a year before, Anna and Ed had planned to sell their townhome?

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

7. How does the opening scene of the novel demonstrate the theme of voyeurism?

8. What is ironic about Anna's advice to the members of the agoraphobia support forum that they should never mix their medications with alcohol?

9. What traits of Anna's character are shown when Ethan shows up at her door for the second time?

10. What happens to alleviate Anna's concern after she hears the screams coming from the Russells' townhome and what events do NOT alleviate her concern?

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