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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lillian go back to the hospital after giving birth?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Post-partum depression.
(c) Cramps and bleeding.
(d) Muscle spasms.

2. When does the narrator say Lillian Preston stopped showing photos?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1973.

3. What emotion did Lillian’s face show, when Ken asked her to move to Brooklyn with him?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Resignation.
(c) Joy.
(d) Exhaustion.

4. What ethnic group is the majority where Lillian moves in downstairs with Deborah?
(a) Russian.
(b) Indian.
(c) Polish.
(d) Italian.

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

6. What does Samantha say Item #60, Hands, resembles?
(a) The Last Supper.
(b) The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
(c) The Sistine Chapel ceiling.
(d) The Mona Lisa.

7. How old was Samantha when her grandparents got in touch with Lillian?
(a) 4.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

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

9. How does Deborah characterize Lillian’s skills in the darkroom?
(a) She calls her a technician.
(b) She calls her a conjurer.
(c) She calls her a mathematician.
(d) She calls her a philosopher.

10. For what did Lillian use the money she got from her mother?
(a) Medical bills.
(b) Rent and food.
(c) An abortion.
(d) Classes with a fashion art director.

11. How many boxes did Lillian Preston leave behind when she died?
(a) 12.
(b) 188.
(c) 3.
(d) 42.

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

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

14. Where did Lillian move after her apartment with Patty?
(a) Lower East Side.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Gramercy.
(d) Chelsea.

15. From what age does Samantha say she was functionally independent?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of publication was Deborah putting together?

2. What is the Ro-ro?

3. What is the girl doing in the photo titled Batter?

4. How did Lillian and Samantha travel to Cleveland?

5. Where did Lillian photograph the man who was Samantha’s father?

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