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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. Why does Annie not want to speak to Edith about Graham's affair with Rosemary?
(a) Edith is too kind.
(b) Edith would not be surprised.
(c) Edith is not easy to talk to.
(d) Edith would be too angry.

2. What does Sarah say she did not realize about her house growing up, in Chapter 23?
(a) It was beautiful.
(b) It was very clean.
(c) It was shabby.
(d) It was very large.

3. How has Frieda been permanently cut off from her son, based on what is said in Chapter 22?
(a) She lives too far away for them to stay well-connected.
(b) Her unreachable sorrow that seems to be a part of who she is.
(c) Her friendship with Annie has been uncomfortable for Lucas.
(d) Her anger towards Graham.

4. Why did Sarah's grief not hit her until she was back home in San Francisco?
(a) She was not sad until she spoke to Thomas about it.
(b) She did not truly believe her father was dead.
(c) She felt she needed to be strong for her mother.
(d) She was too grief-stricken to even cry or realize how upset she was.

5. What is the reason Annie gives for why she is able to so fully forget the disturbing memory from her past?
(a) The disturbing event had ended well.
(b) Annie forced herself to forget the event.
(c) The event was just a dream.
(d) Annie had gone to therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jeanne happy that Graham was Lucas' father?

2. What does Annie do during much of the drive up to Vermont, in Chapter 15?

3. What are the two main reasons for the differences between the Kahn home and Annie's home?

4. Why had Graham said people read fiction?

5. Why did Edith's husband leave her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frieda believe one can manage in life?

2. How do Sarah and Lucas find themselves in the same situation regarding their parents and their expectations of them?

3. How does Annie's feelings towards Mike's behavior change over time?

4. How does Annie first feel as she flips through Memoir of Bookshop?

5. How does Annie feel about heading to Vermont at the beginning of Chapter 15?

6. What is Graham's argument, as shared by Annie, regarding why people read fiction?

7. How does Annie compare the arrival of Graham's ashes to Annie shutting Graham's office door after Rosemary leaves?

8. How does Annie describe the changes that took place when she and Graham were at the lake house?

9. Why does Edith feel sorry for her ex-husband, Mike?

10. How does Frieda acknowledging Graham's affair get her into a tough situation with Annie?

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