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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Samantha when Ken started to want kids of his own with Lillian?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

2. What did Samantha want from Lillian, after they moved in with Grete and Kaja?
(a) To move back in with Ken.
(b) To live with her grandparents.
(c) To live by herself.
(d) To talk to her real father.

3. Who did Lillian Preston call the best photographer no one ever heard of?
(a) Lillian Preston.
(b) Lyonel Tsaregorodcev
(c) Nina Pagano.
(d) Sam Decker.

4. What did Lillian install in the house when she stopped photographing outside?
(a) Decorative lamps.
(b) Heavy blinds.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) 500-watt light bulbs.

5. How does Samantha characterize herself as a child?
(a) A loner.
(b) A social butterfly.
(c) An outsider.
(d) A socialite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnic group is the majority where Lillian moves in downstairs with Deborah?

2. Where did the narrator see the words “Mommy is sick” in the beginning of the novel?

3. At the Ipslinger Gallery, Lillian exhibits with a man who is known as the Ansel Adams of what kind of photography?

4. What month was Samantha born in?

5. How many boxes did Lillian Preston leave behind when she died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the introduction of Feast Your Eyes, and what is her relation to Lillian Preston?

2. How did Lillian reveal that she was pregnant, and how did she handle it?

3. How did Lillian’s breakup with Ken affect Samantha?

4. What did Lillian find attractive about her pills, and what effect did they have on her?

5. How did the narrator of the introduction meet Lillian Preston’s daughter Samantha?

6. What was Lillian Preston’s bequest to her daughter?

7. How does Goldberg characterize Kenny Lowell?

8. Who is Sam Decker, and what was his relationship with Lillian Preston?

9. How is Samantha’s father characterized in the novel?

10. How does Deborah characterize the conversation that took place when Lillian’s father came to the apartment to try to take her back to Cleveland?

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