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

2. What was the last sentence Annie's mother ever wrote?
(a) I love you all.
(b) I remain in darkness.
(c) Life is so good.
(d) I am so tired.

3. What is an important theme in the book?
(a) Love.
(b) Coming of age.
(c) The power of memory.
(d) Revenge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the handbag that Annie's mother buys?

2. What is the purpose of the Preface?

3. Of what is Annie reminded when her mother puts on two bras at one time?

4. How had Annie's mother been injured?

5. What is the premise of I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Annie means by associating days in her own life with days in her mother's life.

2. What notes does Annie make about her mother on Easter Sunday?

3. How did Annie's grandmother's death affect Annie's mother?

4. What is Annie's reaction to seeing her mother behaving is such unusual ways?

5. What connection does Annie make between writing and memory?

6. What personal identity issues does Annie have regarding her birth and the death of her sister?

7. How does Annie's mother begin to show violent tendencies?

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

9. When does Annie's mother first begin to show signs of deterioration?

10. What is the state of Annie's mother's body and how does Annie relate to it?

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