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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. In what location does George generally engage in her daily ritual viewing of the pornographic video?
(a) The garden.
(b) On the train.
(c) Her loft bedroom.
(d) The park.

2. H asks George about a photograph in George's mother's study that features what town?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Venice.
(c) Padua.
(d) Ferrara.

3. The narrator telling George's story states that at the time of the narrative's unfolding, "it's just past midnight on" (164) which holiday?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Halloween.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) The Fourth of July.

4. Though George believes the girl in the pornographic video must be at least 16 "due to legality," (189) she thinks that she looks to be what age?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

5. To which character had George's mother compared the painting by Francesco, calling it "generous," "sardonic," and "friendly" (205)?
(a) Henry.
(b) George.
(c) George's father.
(d) Lisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. The streets of the Italian town in which the museum lies are "full of people" (214) using which two forms of transportation?

2. H refuses an invitation from George's father to stay for what meal during her third visit?

3. By the time George tells Mrs. Rock about her surveillance theory, how many years have passed since George's mother's altercation with a politician?

4. The fourth sentence of Camera states, "George's mother is" (163) what?

5. How many seconds in length is the video George has of her mother as a little girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss a metaphor Smith uses to indicate George's concern that she may be unable to love.

2. What does the shopping cart within the narrative represent in the scene at "the car park" (231)?

3. For what reason is George unable to find out what songs her mother had danced to during her morning ritual?

4. What piece of information did George's mother forget during their time in Italy and why did this event upset George?

5. In what ritual does George begin to engage while sitting in her garden each day?

6. What is the significance of Saint Catherine within the narrative?

7. Describe the conversation George has with Mrs. Rock about her mother's criticism of a certain politician.

8. How did George's mother react to George's confession about Lisa?

9. What had been George's family's New Year's Eve ritual and which members of the family had participated?

10. What clues led George to think that her mother had been put under surveillance prior to her death?

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