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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Brooklyn Heights, 1956-1961. Catalog items 40-54, pages 89-121.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month was Samantha born in?
(a) September.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) July.

2. When does the narrator say Lillian Preston stopped showing photos?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1977.

3. How does Lillian characterize Grete’s personality?
(a) Workhorse.
(b) Dreamer.
(c) Socialite.
(d) Straight talker.

4. How does Lillian say she feels when she is not taking photographs?
(a) Like she is treading molasses.
(b) Like she is trapped.
(c) Like she is waiting for something.
(d) Like she is on parole.

5. What is the Ro-ro?
(a) A toy raccoon.
(b) A robot camera.
(c) A song.
(d) A toy robot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Samantha when Ken started to want kids of his own with Lillian?

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

3. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s expression in her self-portrait at nine weeks?

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

5. Where did Deborah get Lillian a typing job?

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