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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 effect would the image of Mommy is Sick have on the narrator?
(a) It would make her want to make meaningful art.
(b) It would make her feel better when life was hard.
(c) It would make her want to do good work.
(d) It would make her want to find people to help.

2. Who did John Bosco connect Lillian’s photos to?
(a) A fashion designer.
(b) A teacher at the New School.
(c) The photography critic from the Times.
(d) A curator at MoMA.

3. How old was Samantha when Ken started to want kids of his own with Lillian?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

4. At the Ipslinger Gallery, Lillian exhibits with a man who is known as the Ansel Adams of what kind of photography?
(a) Miniature.
(b) Animal.
(c) Night.
(d) Nude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Lillian have to raise to pay for the abortion?

2. What choice did Lillian Preston give her daughter in regard to the photos in the Samantha series?

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

4. How much did Lillian give the abortion provider before she ran out?

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

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