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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Lillian photograph the man who was Samantha’s father?
(a) In bed.
(b) In the street.
(c) In the shower.
(d) In the park.

2. What did Ken start to do when Lillian would not have a child with him?
(a) Fight with her.
(b) Cheat.
(c) Drink.
(d) Gamble.

3. What is the girl doing in the photo titled Batter?
(a) Watching a baseball game.
(b) Beating a rug with a stick.
(c) Making cookies.
(d) Playing stickball.

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

5. How did Lillian and Samantha travel to Cleveland?
(a) Train.
(b) Bus.
(c) Car.
(d) Plane.

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

7. What led Lillian to start using pills?
(a) Preparing for her first show.
(b) Depression.
(c) An injury.
(d) An illness.

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

9. Where did Kaja’s father live, that she would visit him every weekend?
(a) The West Village.
(b) Kew Gardens.
(c) Washington Heights.
(d) Harlem.

10. Why did Lillian stop photographing outside?
(a) A prolonged period of rain
(b) She was tired all the time.
(c) The weather turned cold.
(d) Samantha would fuss.

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

12. What was Katherine House?
(a) A photography school.
(b) A Catholic rooming house.
(c) A school for wayward girls.
(d) A hospital.

13. What emotion did Patty see in Lillian’s face when she did not give her the response she expected, to the praise for her work?
(a) Haughtiness.
(b) Despair.
(c) Self-doubt.
(d) Envy.

14. Who accompanied Lillian to the hospital when she was ready to give birth?
(a) Patty.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Deborah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect would the image of Mommy is Sick have on the narrator?

2. What did Charles Roberts do to get Lillian’s attention?

3. Where did the narrator see the words “Mommy is sick” in the beginning of the novel?

4. What month was Samantha born in?

5. At the Ipslinger Gallery, Lillian exhibits with a man who is known as the Ansel Adams of what kind of photography?

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