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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. Which of the following elements does Annie not document regarding her mother's illness?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Bodily functions.
(d) Memories.

2. Annie feels more indifferent than angry at her mother's ________________.
(a) Eating habits.
(b) Bodily functions.
(c) Slobbering.
(d) Loss of memory.

3. Where does Annie's mother go to live after she stays at Annie's house for awhile?
(a) She dies.
(b) She returns to her own home.
(c) A full-time medical facility.
(d) An assisted living apartment.

4. What does Annie do as her mother sleeps?
(a) Reads.
(b) Touches her gently.
(c) Goes out to lunch.
(d) Makes coffee.

5. When Blanche's needs change she is moved to ________________.
(a) A mental hospital.
(b) An assisted living apartment.
(c) A geriatric ward.
(d) Intensive care unit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical ailment does Annie experience lately?

2. Annie's book makes a connection between writing and ____________________.

3. Annie's story addresses the changing role of _________________.

4. How old was Annie when she had an argument with her mother about a bra?

5. What does Annie's mother want to buy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Annie's conflicted feelings when leaving her mother at the elevator in the hospital?

2. What two themes become evident in this chapter?

3. How does Annie take care of her mother's physical needs and how does her mother's condition affect her?

4. How does Annie feel guilty about her mother's "darkness?"

5. Name some of the disturbing behaviors exhibited by Annie's mother.

6. What sorts of things does Annie do to take care of her mother's physical needs?

7. What mixed feelings does Annie have about her mother's "voice" in her head?

8. What physical pain does Annie develop in response to her mother's illness?

9. What effect does Annie's mother's impending death have on Annie and her writing?

10. What was the nickname Annie gave her mother when she was only five-years-old?

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