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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 objects does Fiona name as a means of "always taking you somewhere" (277)?
(a) Escalators.
(b) Stairs.
(c) Sidewalks.
(d) Fences.

2. Fiona's father had been what kind of doctor during her youth?
(a) A pediatrician.
(b) An osteopath.
(c) A cardiologist.
(d) A podiatrist.

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

4. Fiona and Grant had especially enjoyed watching programs about what topic during their time together?
(a) Fauna.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) Flora.

5. What substance was used to write a particular word across Grant's office door?
(a) Blood.
(b) Red paint.
(c) Black paint.
(d) Ketchup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT a consequence Grant suffered as a result of his dalliances with female students?

2. What color had Fiona's hair been before it had turned white?

3. With how many other people does Fiona share a room at Meadowlake?

4. Which group or individual is NOT named among the people who had "pushed him" out of his habits of infidelity "just in time" (287)?

5. Grant had once received a letter from which person associated with one of Grant's former lovers/students?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what month does Fiona move into Meadowlake and why?

2. What would Grant have considered the ultimate price to pay for his adulterous ways?

3. What gift does Grant bring to Fiona when he visits her at Meadowlake for the first time, and what is significant about the gift?

4. In what way does Munro use the dream motif to reveal information about Grant?

5. What is the symbolism of the yellow notes Grant had started to find around the house?

6. What job had Fiona done prior to taking early retirement?

7. Who is Kristy?

8. What comment does Fiona make on the way to Meadowlake that makes Grant want to turn the car around?

9. In what ways does Grant consider his own past infidelities to be different from those of other "husbands and fathers" (284)?

10. For what reason was Fiona ostracized by many of her peers at college?

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