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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sam offer Lillian?
(a) Company at the hospital.
(b) Darkroom time.
(c) Rides here and there.
(d) Money.

2. How did Lillian describe Sam when she reunited with him?
(a) Soft.
(b) Fragile.
(c) Tender.
(d) Ramshackle.

3. What did Lillian tell Deborah she refused to be defined by?
(a) Her parent’s judgments.
(b) Samantha's timidity.
(c) The obscenity verdict.
(d) Mr. Janovic’s criticisms.

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

5. What does Samantha say she looks like in Item #65, bath?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) A corpse.
(c) A goddess.
(d) A poet.

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

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

8. How does Samantha say Lillian repaired their relationship?
(a) By introducing her to the darkroom.
(b) By taking her shopping more often.
(c) By making more time for her.
(d) By reading aloud to her.

9. What is Samantha doing in the last portrait her mother took of her?
(a) Looking innocent.
(b) Looking earnest.
(c) Looking murderous.
(d) Playing, unaware.

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

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

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

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

14. What did Samantha’s boyfriend bring with him to Cleveland, when he brought Lillian’s furniture out in his family’s moving truck?
(a) Money he’d raised for Lillian’s care.
(b) Money for a house to share with her.
(c) Two tickets to California.
(d) An engagement ring.

15. How long was Lillian in the hospital for?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 22 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Samantha stay while Lillian was in the hospital?

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

3. How does Samantha describe the quality the stage gave her that she could not find anywhere else?

4. What does Lillian say she found beauty in after getting out of jail?

5. What does Samantha say she was overcome with, when her grandmother asked her if she wanted to live with them in Cleveland?

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