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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What role does Lillian say Nina’s friendship occupied in her life?
(a) Big sister.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Mother.
(d) Little sister.
2. How does Lillian characterize Mr. Janovic?
(a) Smart but cruel.
(b) Inattentive.
(c) Kind and reassuring.
(d) A workhorse.
3. How did Samantha’s reaction to Lillian’s news that they would be leaving Ken end?
(a) Samantha hit her head on a table.
(b) Samantha choked on her tears and passed out.
(c) Samantha stormed out of the house.
(d) Samantha locked herself in the bathroom.
4. What led Lillian to start using pills?
(a) An illness.
(b) Preparing for her first show.
(c) Depression.
(d) An injury.
5. How does Patricia Stokes characterize living with Lillian?
(a) Coziness.
(b) Squalor.
(c) A hospitable home.
(d) Comfort.
6. Why did Lillian stop photographing outside?
(a) A prolonged period of rain
(b) Samantha would fuss.
(c) She was tired all the time.
(d) The weather turned cold.
7. Where did the narrator see the words “Mommy is sick” in the beginning of the novel?
(a) An art gallery.
(b) A museum.
(c) A newspaper headline.
(d) A protest poster.
8. What does Samantha say Item #60, Hands, resembles?
(a) The Last Supper.
(b) The Sistine Chapel ceiling.
(c) The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
(d) The Mona Lisa.
9. How long a focal distance did Lillian Preston use in her images?
(a) 2 feet.
(b) 4 feet.
(c) 25 feet.
(d) 10 feet.
10. How does the “Eyes on Photography” article characterize Lillian’s photography?
(a) Innocent.
(b) Candid.
(c) Sly.
(d) Sophisticated.
11. How did Lillian’s parents finally get in touch with her and Samantha?
(a) Samantha found the number and called.
(b) They hired a detective.
(c) Lillian called after the abortion.
(d) Grete gave them her number.
12. Where did Lillian Preston’s parents expect her to go to school?
(a) Ursaline College.
(b) Northwestern.
(c) The New School.
(d) Cleveland Teachers College.
13. Where did Lillian photograph the man who was Samantha’s father?
(a) In the shower.
(b) In the park.
(c) In the street.
(d) In bed.
14. How does Lillian characterize Grete’s personality?
(a) Socialite.
(b) Workhorse.
(c) Dreamer.
(d) Straight talker.
15. What was it that made Lillian sad for Manhattan, once she moved to Brooklyn?
(a) The children.
(b) The slower traffic.
(c) The parks.
(d) The trees.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Samantha say Lillian’s pictures prepared her for?
2. Who did Lillian Preston call the best photographer no one ever heard of?
3. What has happened to the Christmas tree in Item #59, Christmas tree?
4. Which gallery did Gabriel Wythe run?
5. How regularly did Lillian take self-portraits after 18 weeks?
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