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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Annie has to remind herself that the situation with her mother ___________________.
(a) Is impossible.
(b) Is just temporary.
(c) Is reality.
(d) Is a payback.

2. Throughout the story, Annie has consistent feelings of __________.
(a) Guilt.
(b) Envy.
(c) Greed.
(d) Mendacity.

3. Which of the following does Annie not do for her mother while she is in the hospital?
(a) Comb her hair.
(b) Clip her nails.
(c) Iron her clothes.
(d) Shave her face.

4. Annie's mother is moved to a medical facility because she _____________________.
(a) Doesn't like living in somebody else's house.
(b) Doesn't like living alone.
(c) Is scared at the house.
(d) Becomes very ill and needs special care.

5. Annie's book makes a connection between writing and ____________________.
(a) Loving.
(b) Reading.
(c) The creative process.
(d) Drawing.

6. Annie notes that Blanche's eyes are _________________.
(a) Red and sunken.
(b) Vibrant.
(c) Tearful.
(d) Dull.

7. Who is embarrassed by Annie's mother's behavior in the department store?
(a) Annie's father.
(b) A sales clerk.
(c) Annie.
(d) Annie's husband.

8. Annie's mother lifts her legs and bends her knees in an exaggerated way ____________.
(a) To jump.
(b) To exercise.
(c) To walk.
(d) To skip.

9. Annie's mother can no longer remember _______________.
(a) Her birthday.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her name.
(d) Her address.

10. How much content did Annie create with each diary entry?
(a) At least a chapter.
(b) Fragments.
(c) Two or three chapters at a time.
(d) Pages of paragraphs at a time.

11. Which of the following has Blanche not done by the middle of 1984?
(a) Turned apathetic about everything.
(b) Lost all her possessions.
(c) Balanced her checkbook.
(d) Isolated herself from others.

12. Annie states that "The body I see ________________."
(a) Is a memory.
(b) Is also mine.
(c) Is beautiful.
(d) Is repugnant to me.

13. In addition to Annie, who else lives in the home when Annie's mother comes to live there?
(a) Annie's sister.
(b) Annie's husband.
(c) Annie's mother-in-law.
(d) Annie's sons.

14. On what year does this chapter focus?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1983.

15. How does Annie document her mother's illness?
(a) Shoots video.
(b) Takes notes.
(c) Takes Polaroids.
(d) Makes audio tapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alarms Annie about her mother's daily life?

2. With what does Annie come to terms in this book?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Blanche?

4. Annie comes to realize how ____________ memories are.

5. How do Annie's sons react when visitors laugh at Blanche?

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