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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Park Slope, 1963-1970, Catalog items 71-81, pages 175-206.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator see the words “Mommy is sick” in the beginning of the novel?
(a) An art gallery.
(b) A newspaper headline.
(c) A museum.
(d) A protest poster.

2. What is Grete’s art form?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Music.
(d) Painting.

3. How did Lillian’s arrest affect Samantha?
(a) It made her irrational.
(b) It made her withdrawn.
(c) It made her paranoid.
(d) It made her defiant.

4. Why does Samantha say she hates the picture Mommy is Sick?
(a) She thinks it is pornographic.
(b) She hates to see herself so naïve and subject to her mother’s whims.
(c) She thinks it is obscene.
(d) She hates seeing her own worry.

5. How does Samantha characterize her feelings on meeting her grandparents?
(a) Delighted.
(b) Bewildered.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Ashamed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What barrier did the group Nina hung around with in college want to break down?

3. How did Samantha respond to Lillian’s news that they were going to move out of Ken’s house?

4. How did Gabriel Wythe characterize Lillian’s photographs?

5. How did Lillian’s arrest affect Samantha in school?

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