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

2. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s expression in her self-portrait at nine weeks?
(a) Defeated.
(b) Content.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Resigned.

3. What does Lillian Preston try to photograph?
(a) People’s true faces.
(b) Intimate visions.
(c) Rare vistas.
(d) Unexpected moments.

4. How does Lillian say she feels when she is not taking photographs?
(a) Like she is waiting for something.
(b) Like she is treading molasses.
(c) Like she is on parole.
(d) Like she is trapped.

5. What did Charles Roberts do to get Lillian’s attention?
(a) Walk out of class.
(b) Inherit a lot of money.
(c) Take excellent photographs.
(d) Praise her work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ken tell Lillian about the house he took her to see?

2. From what age does Samantha say she was functionally independent?

3. How does Samantha characterize herself as a child?

4. When does the narrator say Lillian Preston stopped showing photos?

5. Which gallery did Gabriel Wythe run?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Lillian document her pregnancy?

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

4. How does Lillian characterize her attempt to get an abortion?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the novel characterize Lillian Preston’s relationship with her parents?

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