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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Annie feel guilty regarding her mother?
(a) That she swore at her.
(b) That she talked about her behind her back.
(c) That she couldn't care for her in her own home.
(d) That she never came home for Christmas holidays.

2. What request does Blanche make of Annie that breaks Annie's heart?
(a) To take her away from the hospital.
(b) To sing her a lullaby.
(c) To comb her hair.
(d) To tell her a story.

3. How does Annie define her own emotional state at this time?
(a) Disgraught.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Deadness.
(d) Resigned.

4. In what month is the first journal entry in this section?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) January.

5. How does Annie characterize her mother's personality when she was well?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Flamboyant.

6. Who did Blanche take Annie to visit in the hospital when Annie was a child?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) An uncle.

7. How do the patients behave in their senility?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Docilely.
(c) Belligerently.
(d) Childlike.

8. From what did Annie suffer when she was eighteen-years-old?
(a) Anorexia.
(b) Bulimia.
(c) Measles.
(d) Scarlet fever.

9. What is Blanche doing when Annie visits her in February?
(a) Sitting in a wheelchair with her arm outstretched.
(b) Attending a Valentine's Day party.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Watching soap operas.

10. How does Annie respond to the ways people try to comfort her?
(a) Respectful.
(b) Appreciative.
(c) Confused.
(d) Frustrated.

11. What makes Annie especially sad about her mother's death?
(a) Looking at old photographs.
(b) Her mother's dog won't stop whimpering.
(c) She will never hear her mother's voice again.
(d) She has to sell her house.

12. Where do Annie and her mother sit while they visit at the hospital?
(a) The nursery.
(b) The lobby.
(c) The cafeteria.
(d) The garden.

13. With what does Annie associate days in her life?
(a) Days in her mother's life.
(b) Church bulletins.
(c) Pictures on the calendar.
(d) Bank statements.

14. What is the one thing that remains of the mother that Annie once knew?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her laugh.
(c) Her smile.
(d) Her voice.

15. What does Annie find in her mother's nightstand table drawer?
(a) A Bible.
(b) Nail clippers.
(c) A picture of Annie.
(d) A turd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is placed all over the institution where Blanche lives?

2. What does Annie know about her mother?

3. How does Annie feel when the elevator door shuts in her mother's face?

4. What do the nurses hand out to the patients?

5. What does Annie find when she comes to see her mother one day?

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