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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lillian preparing while Samantha was in Cleveland?
(a) A book for Samantha.
(b) A show for the Lacuna gallery.
(c) A show for MoMA’s portfolio day.
(d) A show for Mr. Wythe.

2. How does Grete describe the pictures Lillian prepared to present at the end of the summer?
(a) Perfect.
(b) Idiosyncratic.
(c) Obscene.
(d) Flawed.

3. What did Tsaregorodcev do that caused Lillian to storm out of his office?
(a) Ask her to meet Samantha.
(b) Ask her for a bargain on her work.
(c) Ask to see the Samantha series.
(d) Ask her for a date.

4. Why were Samantha’s feet stepped on in her first day of junior high school?
(a) The other students took an immediate dislike to her attitude.
(b) Her shoes were too big.
(c) Her shoes were judged too fancy by the other students.
(d) Her shoes matched her handbag in a way the students mocked.

5. How did Lillian’s and Samantha’s household change after Lillian’s arrest?
(a) They were almost always silent.
(b) They were never home.
(c) Lillian stopped working at home.
(d) Nina was a constant houseguest.

6. How did Lillian seem to Samantha when Samantha returned from Cleveland?
(a) Old and unhealthy.
(b) Invincible.
(c) Wiry and tenacious.
(d) Small and frail.

7. What did Lillian say she thought she was doing by taking the pictures she took?
(a) Revealing truths.
(b) Making windows.
(c) Protecting her daughter.
(d) Saving moments.

8. Where had Samantha been while Lillian was being arrested?
(a) Day care with Mrs. Ardolini.
(b) School.
(c) With Deborah.
(d) Grete and Kaja’s house.

9. What did Samantha call the café she hung out at in order to avoid the kids from school?
(a) The cave.
(b) The island.
(c) The hideaway.
(d) The pariah café.

10. Why was Samantha taken to the nurse, after news of the NY Supreme Court verdict came out?
(a) She fainted.
(b) She was hyperventilating.
(c) She was beaten up by her classmates.
(d) She started crying uncontrollably.

11. Where did cops start to appear in Lillian’s work after she was arrested?
(a) In double exposures.
(b) On the periphery.
(c) Outside the frame.
(d) In the center.

12. What game would Samantha and Nina play on weekends after Lillian’s arrest?
(a) Poker.
(b) Pinochle.
(c) Gin rummy.
(d) Cribbage.

13. What was it that scared Samantha after Lillian got out of jail?
(a) She no longer spoke.
(b) She no longer looked around for pictures to take.
(c) She was listless and indifferent to everything.
(d) She was edgy and nervous all the time.

14. What did Kaja’s father tell Samantha about her mother’s work?
(a) It was meaningless.
(b) It was divine.
(c) It was dangerous.
(d) It deserved respect.

15. How long did the state’s lawyer speak for, that Nina was encouraged by his presentation to the court?
(a) 28 minutes.
(b) 12 minutes.
(c) 42 minutes.
(d) An hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Nina think made the complaint that got her and Lillian arrested?

2. What was it that got Lillian to go to the doctor for a diagnosis?

3. How long did Samantha spend in Cleveland the summer after her mother’s arrest?

4. What emotion does Samantha say people are looking at Lillian with in Item #92, Seventh Avenue?

5. What was Kaja learning about in the school she attended?

(see the answer keys)

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