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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Greenwich Village 1953-1954. Catalog items 10-18; Lower East Side, Catalog items 19-27, pages 24-59.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in the first photo in the exhibition?
(a) Sam Decker.
(b) Sam Decker and Lillian Preston among others.
(c) Lillian Preston’s parents.
(d) Lillian Preston.

2. Who is the narrator of the exhibition catalog that comprises the novel?
(a) Franny Panic.
(b) Sam Decker.
(c) Samantha Preston.
(d) Lillian Preston.

3. How does Deborah characterize Lillian’s skills in the darkroom?
(a) She calls her a technician.
(b) She calls her a philosopher.
(c) She calls her a conjurer.
(d) She calls her a mathematician.

4. What emotion did Patty see in Lillian’s face when she did not give her the response she expected, to the praise for her work?
(a) Envy.
(b) Despair.
(c) Self-doubt.
(d) Haughtiness.

5. What occasion does the narrator give for commenting on Lillian Preston’s life and work?
(a) A museum exhibit.
(b) A blurb request for a book.
(c) An obituary.
(d) A biography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lillian doing for money while she lived downstairs from Deborah?

2. Where did the narrator see the words “Mommy is sick” in the beginning of the novel?

3. What does Patricia Stokes say was the price for Lilly’s immense talent?

4. Who is narrating the novel in the beginning?

5. Who did Lillian Preston call the best photographer no one ever heard of?

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