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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of publication was Deborah putting together?
(a) A book of poems.
(b) An art magazine.
(c) A novel.
(d) A series of leaflets.

2. What did Ken want when he called Samantha and Lillian at Grete and Kaja’s place?
(a) To get back some of his things.
(b) To talk to Lillian.
(c) To bring their things over.
(d) To talk to Samantha.

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

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

5. What church does Patricia Stokes say Lillian Preston worshipped in?
(a) The Church of Artistic Fate.
(b) The Catholic church.
(c) The Church of the Frozen Image.
(d) The Church of Street People.

6. How did Samantha respond to Lillian’s news that they were going to move out of Ken’s house?
(a) With sorrow.
(b) With fury.
(c) With relief.
(d) With numbness.

7. What was Lillian doing for money while she lived downstairs from Deborah?
(a) Waiting tables.
(b) Typing.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Selling her photos.

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

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

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

11. How does the “Eyes on Photography” article characterize Lillian’s photography?
(a) Sly.
(b) Innocent.
(c) Candid.
(d) Sophisticated.

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

13. At the Ipslinger Gallery, Lillian exhibits with a man who is known as the Ansel Adams of what kind of photography?
(a) Nude.
(b) Miniature.
(c) Animal.
(d) Night.

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

15. What effect would the image of Mommy is Sick have on the narrator?
(a) It would make her want to do good work.
(b) It would make her want to find people to help.
(c) It would make her want to make meaningful art.
(d) It would make her feel better when life was hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lillian stop photographing outside?

2. What month was Samantha born in?

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

4. How old was Samantha when Ken started to want kids of his own with Lillian?

5. How does Patricia Stokes characterize living with Lillian?

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