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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Samantha stay while Lillian was in the hospital?
(a) With Grete.
(b) With Nina.
(c) With her boyfriend.
(d) With Deborah.

2. Why does Samantha say she hates the picture Mommy is Sick?
(a) She hates seeing her own worry.
(b) She hates to see herself so naïve and subject to her mother’s whims.
(c) She thinks it is obscene.
(d) She thinks it is pornographic.

3. How long did Samantha go to Cleveland for after Lillian’s first solo show?
(a) All summer.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Eight weeks.

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

5. What caused Samantha to stop talking to her mother?
(a) She learned that Lillian had hurt her own health with her pills.
(b) She got pregnant and got an abortion and Lillian disapproved.
(c) She saw the Samantha series in an art collector’s house.
(d) She learned that Lillian had never wanted to have a child.

6. How did Lyonel Tsaregorodcev characterize Lillian’s work at the MoMA portfolio day?
(a) Sophisticated.
(b) Sophomoric.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) The real deal.

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

8. How did Lillian’s arrest affect Samantha in school?
(a) She was treated as a hero.
(b) She had to fight other kids all the time.
(c) She was treated the same as ever.
(d) She was socially abandoned.

9. What did Samantha dress as for Halloween after Lillian’s arrest?
(a) Zorro.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A cop.

10. What was the outcome of Lillian’s first solo exhibition?
(a) Museums offered to acquire her photos.
(b) It just rehashed the Samantha series controversy.
(c) No one noticed the show took place.
(d) Collectors started to seek her out.

11. 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 crying.
(c) She was still dressed in prison garb.
(d) She was early.

12. What barrier did the group Nina hung around with in college want to break down?
(a) Between gallery and market.
(b) Between representation and reality.
(c) Between art and viewer.
(d) Between performance and memory.

13. What symptom lingered after Lillian’s weekend in jail?
(a) Panic attacks.
(b) Double vision.
(c) Shaking hands.
(d) Depression.

14. Why did Nina and Lillian spend three days in jail?
(a) It was the weekend when they were arrested.
(b) They were considered dangerous.
(c) The police station lost their paperwork.
(d) They could not come up with bail money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When would Sam Decker close his café?

2. How often does Samantha say Lillian spoke of jail after she was arrested?

3. Where did cops start to appear in Lillian’s work after she was arrested?

4. What act of devotion does Samantha say her grandmother performed for Lillian?

5. How did Lillian handle the charges against her?

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