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

2. What did Tsaregorodcev do that caused Lillian to storm out of his office?
(a) Ask to see the Samantha series.
(b) Ask her for a date.
(c) Ask her for a bargain on her work.
(d) Ask her to meet Samantha.

3. What did Mr. Wythe say Lillian was afraid of?
(a) Succeeding.
(b) Losing her daughter.
(c) Protecting her work.
(d) Being taken advantage of.

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

5. What is Samantha doing in the last portrait her mother took of her?
(a) Looking murderous.
(b) Looking innocent.
(c) Looking earnest.
(d) Playing, unaware.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Deborah get Lillian a typing job?

2. What month was Samantha born in?

3. What emotion did Lillian’s face show, when Ken asked her to move to Brooklyn with him?

4. Who paid Nina and Lillian’s bail?

5. How did Lillian handle the charges against her?

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