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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Sarah say about her mother's kindness?
(a) It is forced.
(b) It is useless.
(c) It takes a different form.
(d) It is nonexistent.
2. How does Annie know right away that Graham is dead?
(a) He does not respond when she calls his name.
(b) He is still in bed.
(c) His skin is gray.
(d) He is not breathing.
3. How does Sarah describe the kind of sympathy her father always offered?
(a) Superficial.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Forced.
(d) Critical.
4. Why is the book reading not cancelled?
(a) The author is already at the bookstore.
(b) There was a signed contract that could not be broken.
(c) Annie forgets to have it cancelled.
(d) Annie thinks Graham would want it to go on.
5. What does Annie think of Sarah's steady, maternal behavior?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Odd.
(d) Surprising.
6. What is the problem that Annie sees with ruleless relationships?
(a) One is never sure how to get out of a ruleless relationship.
(b) One never knows how the other is entitled to feel.
(c) One is always wanting to know the rules.
(d) One struggles to return to a relationship that has rules.
7. How does Graham describe the day his bookstore opened and he met Annie and the day he and Annie wed?
(a) The two scariest days of his life.
(b) Two days that will live in infamy.
(c) The two happiest days of his life.
(d) Two wonderful days.
8. What reminder does Annie have of Sarah, as a toddler, hitting her with a heavy toy?
(a) A broken blood vessel on her arm.
(b) A white scar on her forehead.
(c) Regular headaches.
(d) A crooked finger.
9. How does Annie feel when she sees Graham around town?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Happy.
(c) Envious.
(d) Excited.
10. What does Graham need to perform well, when sleeping with Annie these days?
(a) The magic blue pill.
(b) A romantic movie.
(c) Lots of pillows.
(d) A great deal of sleep.
11. How does Annie feel at times about Graham's size, energy, and appetite for people, food, and music?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Overwhelmed.
(d) Exhausted.
12. When Annie and Rosemary run into each other at the grocery store, what does Annie say that makes her think that she had offended Rosemary?
(a) Annie tells her it is good that Rosemary goes to the gym to stay slim.
(b) Annie cut Rosemary in line and told her to stop complaining.
(c) Annie mentions that she thinks Graham is having an affair.
(d) Annie mentions a party that Rosemary was not invited to and her nice husband.
13. What advice does John give to Graham regarding ending his affair with Rosemary?
(a) To be kind.
(b) To be a little bit mean.
(c) To end it today.
(d) To do it quickly.
14. What of Frieda's does Lucas remember wanting to first fix and then flee?
(a) Her insensitivity.
(b) Her sadness.
(c) Her self-loathing.
(d) Her anger.
15. What is one thing the narrator does NOT say Graham remembers about the day his first wife, Frieda, left him?
(a) How free he felt.
(b) Homely Frieda in her old tweed coat.
(c) Lucas being carried in Frieda's arms to the car.
(d) The chilly morning.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the two levels on which Annie feels she is living in Chapter 8?
2. Where does Annie meet Graham?
3. How does Annie respond when she sees Graham's bouquet in Chapter 7?
4. What does Frieda think about the idea of getting back together with Graham?
5. Why are Graham and Annie worried about Karen?
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