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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Catalog items 82-91, pages 206-237.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deborah say Lillian’s economic situation was?
(a) She was always calling her parents for bailouts.
(b) She was always borrowing money for food.
(c) She was putting money away.
(d) She was making good money.

2. What is the girl doing in the photo titled Batter?
(a) Playing stickball.
(b) Watching a baseball game.
(c) Beating a rug with a stick.
(d) Making cookies.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Samantha characterize her feelings on meeting her grandparents?

2. How does Stromlin describe Lillian’s pictures in his review of the Lacuna exhibit?

3. What game would Samantha and Nina play on weekends after Lillian’s arrest?

4. Who is in the first photo in the exhibition?

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

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