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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Gabriel Wythe characterize Lillian’s photographs?
(a) Thorny.
(b) Woven.
(c) Delicately constructed.
(d) Clear-headed.

3. 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.

4. What is the Ro-ro?
(a) A song.
(b) A toy raccoon.
(c) A toy robot.
(d) A robot camera.

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

6. Where did Grete take Kaja and Samantha to get them out of the house while Lillian was feeling ill after the abortion?
(a) The park.
(b) Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(c) The circus.
(d) MoMA.

7. How much did Lillian give the abortion provider before she ran out?
(a) Nothing.
(b) All of her money but $25.
(c) All her money.
(d) Half of her money.

8. Which gallery did Gabriel Wythe run?
(a) Lacuna.
(b) Hudson Park library.
(c) The White Gallery.
(d) Aperçu.

9. How does Deborah recall her time living with Lillian?
(a) A slog.
(b) An in-between time.
(c) A torment.
(d) A golden age.

10. How does Samantha characterize herself as a child?
(a) An outsider.
(b) A social butterfly.
(c) A socialite.
(d) A loner.

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

12. What was it that made Lillian sad for Manhattan, once she moved to Brooklyn?
(a) The trees.
(b) The parks.
(c) The children.
(d) The slower traffic.

13. What month was Samantha born in?
(a) July.
(b) January.
(c) September.
(d) March.

14. How does Lillian say that the man treated her when he performed the abortion?
(a) Condescendingly.
(b) Roughly.
(c) Kindly.
(d) Indifferently.

15. Where did Deborah get Lillian a typing job?
(a) A book store.
(b) A camera store.
(c) A lawyer’s office.
(d) A bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Samantha characterize the nature of the trip to her parents’ house?

2. Who did Lillian photograph once she stopped photographing outside?

3. How regularly did Lillian take self-portraits after 18 weeks?

4. What church does Patricia Stokes say Lillian Preston worshipped in?

5. How many images were in the Samantha series?

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