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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When would Sam Decker close his café?
(a) At 6p.m. religiously every night.
(b) Whenever the light was good for photographing.
(c) When the golden hour before sunset started.
(d) Whenever he felt like it.

2. How did Samantha solve the problems that came with her feet being stepped on?
(a) She hid in the library every chance she got.
(b) She started to fight all the time.
(c) She acted tough.
(d) She skipped school.

3. What was it that got Lillian to go to the doctor for a diagnosis?
(a) She felt a lump.
(b) She was too tired to get out of bed for a week.
(c) She started to have double vision.
(d) She started to cough blood.

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

5. How did Lillian make friends with her black neighbors when Lillian and Samantha moved to a mixed-race neighborhood?
(a) She invited her in for tea and cake.
(b) She loaned her books.
(c) She gave her rides when she needed them.
(d) She gave her a photo of her son.

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

7. Why did Samantha not recognize her mother when Lillian came to pick her up after school after getting out of jail?
(a) She smelled different.
(b) She was early.
(c) She was crying.
(d) She was still dressed in prison garb.

8. What was Nina’s demeanor while she was being arrested?
(a) Horrified.
(b) Jovial.
(c) Defiant.
(d) Amicable.

9. How did Samantha put up a protest against how things were going for her in junior high school?
(a) She stayed with Grete and Kaja.
(b) She threatened to move to Cleveland.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She stopped going to school.

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

11. How does Samantha characterize her relationship with her mother’s work?
(a) Muse.
(b) Bystander.
(c) Victim.
(d) Collaborator.

12. What was the main consequence of the court verdict for Samantha?
(a) She stopped trusting her mother.
(b) She was tormented in school.
(c) She lost Kaja’s friendship.
(d) She lost her scholarship at Prospect Friends and returned to public school.

13. How does Stromlin describe Lillian’s pictures in his review of the Lacuna exhibit?
(a) Artful.
(b) Light and sweet.
(c) Troubling but beautiful.
(d) Obscene.

14. What group did Nina party with during college?
(a) The Punks.
(b) The Surrealists.
(c) The Vitalists.
(d) The Essentialists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Samantha to stop talking to her mother?

2. What change did Lillian make in her lifestyle while Nina’s case was before the NY Supreme Court?

3. What does Lillian tell Deborah was essential for getting her through chemo?

4. Where does Item #71 show the effects of Lillian’s imprisonment?

5. What does Samantha say about posing nude for her mother?

(see the answer keys)

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