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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. After their retirement, Fiona and Grant began to engage in what activity together?
(a) Ballroom dancing.
(b) Cross-country skiing.
(c) Golfing.
(d) Playing tennis.
2. What color lipstick does Fiona always apply before leaving the house, according to Grant?
(a) Nude.
(b) Pink.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.
3. What substance was used to write a particular word across Grant's office door?
(a) Ketchup.
(b) Blood.
(c) Red paint.
(d) Black paint.
4. What malady does Fiona contract during her initial period of living at Meadowlake?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A cold.
(d) The flu.
5. What activity do Fiona and Grant both recall during the drive to Meadowlake the day Fiona moves in?
(a) Sunbathing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Cross-country skiing.
(d) Writing poetry.
Short Answer Questions
1. New residents of Meadowlake are prohibited from having visits until they have been at the facility for how many days?
2. Fiona's mother's political activities are named as the reason why Fiona is not a member of what type of organization?
3. What advice does Kristy offer to Grant at the end of his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?
4. Fiona tells Grant that she needs to return to Aubrey's side for what reason?
5. Fiona makes a comment to Grant that makes clear her assumption that he is a what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What consequences did Fiona suffer as a result of Grant's infidelities?
2. What question does Grant keep asking Kristy over and over during his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?
3. How and when did Fiona and Grant first meet?
4. What is the function of Grant's colleague within the context of the story?
5. In what ways does Grant consider his own past infidelities to be different from those of other "husbands and fathers" (284)?
6. What is Munro's purpose for including the detail about the scents of "dope and incense" (285)?
7. What event made it possible for both Fiona and Grant to retire early?
8. When the narrative moves into the present, what setting is depicted?
9. Which parties does Grant hold responsible for putting a stop to his infidelity "just in time" (287)?
10. In what month does Fiona move into Meadowlake and why?
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