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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. What ethnic group is the majority where Lillian moves in downstairs with Deborah?
(a) Polish.
(b) Indian.
(c) Russian.
(d) Italian.

2. Where did Lillian photograph the man who was Samantha’s father?
(a) In the street.
(b) In the shower.
(c) In the park.
(d) In bed.

3. What was it that made Lillian sad for Manhattan, once she moved to Brooklyn?
(a) The slower traffic.
(b) The trees.
(c) The parks.
(d) The children.

4. What does Samantha say Lillian’s pictures prepared her for?
(a) Seeing the core of people in the real world.
(b) Coming to terms with death.
(c) Accepting rejection.
(d) Seeing how other people see the world.

5. What month was Samantha born in?
(a) September.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long a focal distance did Lillian Preston use in her images?

2. How does the “Eyes on Photography” article characterize Lillian’s photography?

3. Where did Kaja’s father live, that she would visit him every weekend?

4. What was Katherine House?

5. Which gallery did Gabriel Wythe run?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lillian’s photography routine change once she and Samantha moved to Brooklyn?

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

3. What is the relation between the photos and the narrative Samantha creates around them?

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

5. How did Lillian document her pregnancy?

6. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s living arrangement with Patricia Stokes?

7. How does Goldberg characterize Kenny Lowell?

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

9. What effect does the trip to Cleveland have on Samantha?

10. What does Samantha say Item #41, Batter, meant for Kenneth and her mother?

(see the answer keys)

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