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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ken tell Lillian about the house he took her to see?
(a) That he was going to house sit there.
(b) That he wanted to give it to her.
(c) That it was his family’s house.
(d) That he had bought it.

2. About how many photographs did Lillian take every day?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 150.
(d) 80.

3. Who is the narrator of the exhibition catalog that comprises the novel?
(a) Lillian Preston.
(b) Franny Panic.
(c) Sam Decker.
(d) Samantha Preston.

4. Who is in the first photo in the exhibition?
(a) Lillian Preston’s parents.
(b) Sam Decker.
(c) Lillian Preston.
(d) Sam Decker and Lillian Preston among others.

5. What does Lillian Preston try to photograph?
(a) Unexpected moments.
(b) Rare vistas.
(c) Intimate visions.
(d) People’s true faces.

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

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

8. What did Lillian install in the house when she stopped photographing outside?
(a) Decorative lamps.
(b) Heavy blinds.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) 500-watt light bulbs.

9. Why could Samantha not interview John Bosco for the exhibition catalog?
(a) He died.
(b) She could not find him.
(c) Lillian made her promise not to contact him.
(d) He did not want to be interviewed.

10. What did Charles Roberts do to get Lillian’s attention?
(a) Take excellent photographs.
(b) Walk out of class.
(c) Praise her work.
(d) Inherit a lot of money.

11. Where did Lillian Preston’s parents expect her to go to school?
(a) Northwestern.
(b) The New School.
(c) Ursaline College.
(d) Cleveland Teachers College.

12. What does Patricia Stokes say exasperated her about Lillian?
(a) Her loose friends.
(b) The darkroom in the bathroom.
(c) Her drug use.
(d) Her perpetual poverty.

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

14. How does Samantha characterize the nature of the trip to her parents’ house?
(a) They fought bitterly and did not resolve anything.
(b) They said all the hard words they needed to say.
(c) They avoided all hard conversations.
(d) They reminisced about Lillian’s childhood as if nothing had happened.

15. Who did John Bosco connect Lillian’s photos to?
(a) A teacher at the New School.
(b) A curator at MoMA.
(c) The photography critic from the Times.
(d) A fashion designer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Lillian give the abortion provider before she ran out?

2. Where did Lillian go for the abortion?

3. When was the first photo in the exhibition taken?

4. What did Ken want when he called Samantha and Lillian at Grete and Kaja’s place?

5. For what did Lillian use the money she got from her mother?

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