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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cleveland, 1970-1976 and The Last Self-Portraits, Catalog items 103-118, pages 271-323.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lillian make friends with her black neighbors when Lillian and Samantha moved to a mixed-race neighborhood?
(a) She loaned her books.
(b) She gave her rides when she needed them.
(c) She invited her in for tea and cake.
(d) She gave her a photo of her son.

2. Where did Kenneth live?
(a) In Brooklyn.
(b) In the Fifties.
(c) In Astoria.
(d) In Washington Heights.

3. Why did Samantha’s grandparents refuse to take her to see Kaja?
(a) The neighborhood was too rough.
(b) They disapproved of Kaja.
(c) The distance was too far.
(d) They did not know her neighborhood.

4. 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 want to do good work.
(c) It would make her want to find people to help.
(d) It would make her feel better when life was hard.

5. What is the photo called Mommy is Sick a picture of?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Heroin addiction.
(d) Cancer treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did Nina party with during college?

2. How old was Samantha when Ken started to want kids of his own with Lillian?

3. What did Tsaregorodcev do that caused Lillian to storm out of his office?

4. What did Lillian say she thought she was doing by taking the pictures she took?

5. What month was Samantha born in?

(see the answer key)

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