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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 emotion did Lillian’s face show, when Ken asked her to move to Brooklyn with him?
(a) Joy.
(b) Resignation.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Exhaustion.

2. Where did the narrator see the words “Mommy is sick” in the beginning of the novel?
(a) An art gallery.
(b) A protest poster.
(c) A museum.
(d) A newspaper headline.

3. What does Patricia Stokes say was the price for Lilly’s immense talent?
(a) Perpetual fear.
(b) Constant attention.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Drug use.

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

5. How old was Samantha when her grandparents got in touch with Lillian?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charles Roberts do to get Lillian’s attention?

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

3. What does Samantha say Item #60, Hands, resembles?

4. What has happened to the Christmas tree in Item #59, Christmas tree?

5. Where did Lillian Preston’s parents expect her to go to school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Lillian and Samantha end up moving to Brooklyn?

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

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

5. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the Ro-ro camera?

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

7. How does Samantha say Lillian set up her camera shots?

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

9. How does Lillian characterize her friendship with Nina?

10. How does Samantha characterize her reaction to her mother exhibiting photos that show her nude?

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