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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the nurse to whom Grant always hopes to speak when he calls Meadowlake?
(a) Katie.
(b) Karen.
(c) Kristy.
(d) Kaylie.

2. At what type of location does Fiona propose marriage to Grant?
(a) A forest.
(b) A public park.
(c) A beach.
(d) An ice skating rink.

3. Fiona retires from her position as a coordinator of volunteers at what type of establishment?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A school.
(c) A library.
(d) A homeless shelter.

4. A supervisor at Meadowlake tells Grant that the patients on which floor have separate rules than the patients on Fiona's floor?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The second.
(c) The third.
(d) The first.

5. Grant's colleague and others like him are described as spending "every night on" what objects with their "bewitching young mistresses" (285)?
(a) Floor mattresses.
(b) Hotel beds.
(c) Call.
(d) Alert.

6. What does Grant turn on while he prepares his own supper after Fiona's move to Meadowlake?
(a) The dishwasher.
(b) Every light in the house.
(c) The television news.
(d) An easy listening radio station.

7. Who first tells Grant that the name of the man sitting next to Fiona is Aubrey?
(a) Kristy.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Aubrey.
(d) An unnamed staff member.

8. How old is Fiona at the time she goes to live at Meadowlake?
(a) 70.
(b) 78.
(c) 63.
(d) 81.

9. What beverage does the narrator name as one Grant never drinks?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Soda.

10. Over what type of feature do Fiona and Grant drive on their way to Meadowlake, reminding them both of a certain nighttime activity?
(a) A meadow.
(b) A hollow.
(c) A lake.
(d) A brook.

11. What word had been scrawled across his office door at the same time Grant received the letter?
(a) Rat.
(b) Fink.
(c) Philanderer.
(d) Louse.

12. Of what scent does the newer Meadowlark building into which Fiona moves smell?
(a) Ammonia.
(b) Pine.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Urine.

13. What was NOT a consequence Grant suffered as a result of his dalliances with female students?
(a) He was fired.
(b) He was no longer invited to social gatherings.
(c) He was given the cold shoulder by his colleagues.
(d) He was talked about by the whole staff at his workplace.

14. What advice does Kristy offer to Grant at the end of his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?
(a) Keep calm and love on.
(b) Visit only once per week.
(c) Take it day by day.
(d) Bring photographs to visits.

15. Which group or individual is NOT named among the people who had "pushed him" out of his habits of infidelity "just in time" (287)?
(a) His friends.
(b) His suicidal former lover.
(c) Fiona's parents.
(d) Feminists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects does Fiona name as a means of "always taking you somewhere" (277)?

2. On what type of property had Fiona's father grown up?

3. Fiona's father had been what kind of doctor during her youth?

4. At the time of the narrative's events, Grant is writing a book about myths of what type?

5. What substance was used to write a particular word across Grant's office door?

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