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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Park Slope, 1961-1963, Catalog items 55-62, pages 122-149.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Kaja’s father live, that she would visit him every weekend?
(a) Harlem.
(b) The West Village.
(c) Kew Gardens.
(d) Washington Heights.

2. What emotion did Lillian’s face show, when Ken asked her to move to Brooklyn with him?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Joy.
(d) Resignation.

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

4. What does Patricia Stokes say exasperated her about Lillian?
(a) Her loose friends.
(b) Her drug use.
(c) The darkroom in the bathroom.
(d) Her perpetual poverty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Deborah recall her time living with Lillian?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What does Samantha say Lillian’s pictures prepared her for?

(see the answer key)

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