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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What disturbing memory surfaces for Annie?
2. What does Annie remember saying to Rosemary, after seeing her crying in Graham's office?
3. What does Sarah find in her pocket when she returns home to San Francisco?
4. What book does Annie start to flip through daily?
5. How does Annie describe how both she and Graham were when they were at their lake house in Vermont?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Annie describe the changes that took place when she and Graham were at the lake house?
2. Why does Edith feel sorry for her ex-husband, Mike?
3. How does Edith respond when Annie says that, now that Graham is dead, there is nothing left?
4. How does Annie compare the arrival of Graham's ashes to Annie shutting Graham's office door after Rosemary leaves?
5. How does Annie first feel as she flips through Memoir of Bookshop?
6. Why does Annie feel it was the wrong decision to return to the lake house in Vermont?
7. How do Lucas' feelings towards Claire change at the end of Chapter 26?
8. How does Frieda believe one can manage in life?
9. How does Frieda acknowledging Graham's affair get her into a tough situation with Annie?
10. What is Frieda's response when Sarah asks her if her relationship with Graham had been as secretive as Graham and Annie's?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe how Graham and John connected. How does this connection affect their relationship? What similarities do they share? How have the events in both Graham and John's lives affected them? How have they each reacted to their similar histories?
Essay Topic 2
How does Annie feel as she scatters Graham's ashes? Why might she feel this way? How does this reflect her feelings when Graham died? How does this contrast to how Sarah and Lucas feel? Could these feelings help or hinder her healing process? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Annie spends a great deal of time thinking about her old friend, Sofie Kahn. Why is Sofie so important to Annie's story? How does it help the reader better understand Annie? How has Annie's childhood influenced her adulthood?
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