I should clarify/expand on my thoughts regarding "easy" (because it's provoked some discussion).
I agree that you probably want "easy" in the sense that others have suggested, that the mother uses these questions as a rehearsed script that she relies on to disguise her burgeoning memory loss. But something about the word made me hear it also in the sense of facile or superficial, almost like it was a criticism of the mother. You might want this added meaning but if not I wonder if "simple" might work better?
Mark
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