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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. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s expression in her self-portrait at nine weeks?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Content.
(d) Defeated.

2. What led Lillian to start using pills?
(a) Depression.
(b) An injury.
(c) Preparing for her first show.
(d) An illness.

3. Who is narrating the novel in the beginning?
(a) Lillian Preston.
(b) Franny Panic.
(c) Sam Decker.
(d) Samantha Preston.

4. Where did Lillian move after her apartment with Patty?
(a) Gramercy.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Lower East Side.
(d) Greenwich Village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of photography does the narrator say Lillian Preston is?

2. What was it that made Lillian sad for Manhattan, once she moved to Brooklyn?

3. How does Lillian characterize Mr. Janovic?

4. What is the photo called Mommy is Sick a picture of?

5. What occasion does the narrator give for commenting on Lillian Preston’s life and work?

(see the answer key)

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