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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 did Sam Decker tell Samantha he took pictures of?
(a) A country.
(b) Time.
(c) People.
(d) Light.

2. Where had Samantha been while Lillian was being arrested?
(a) With Deborah.
(b) School.
(c) Day care with Mrs. Ardolini.
(d) Grete and Kaja’s house.

3. How did Lillian’s arrest affect Samantha in school?
(a) She had to fight other kids all the time.
(b) She was treated the same as ever.
(c) She was socially abandoned.
(d) She was treated as a hero.

4. How does Grete describe the pictures Lillian prepared to present at the end of the summer?
(a) Flawed.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Obscene.
(d) Idiosyncratic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lillian make friends with her black neighbors when Lillian and Samantha moved to a mixed-race neighborhood?

2. What habit did Samantha take up as a survival tactic for junior high school?

3. What was it that got Lillian to go to the doctor for a diagnosis?

4. How long did the state’s lawyer speak for, that Nina was encouraged by his presentation to the court?

5. What did Lillian start to do during the summer Samantha was gone to Cleveland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did jail have on Lillian?

2. How did Lillian reconnect with her high school friend Sam Decker?

3. How did Lillian repair her relationship with Samantha?

4. What story did Lillian’s father tell her on the way to chemo at the hospital that made a middle ground between them?

5. How does Goldberg characterize Samantha’s arrival in junior high school?

6. How did Nina and Lillian approach their charges differently?

7. How did Samantha’s second summer in Cleveland affect Lillian’s friendship with Grete?

8. How did the controversy about the Samantha series affect Samantha’s schooling?

9. How did Samantha change herself in order to bear her hard feelings after the court found against her mother and Nina?

10. How does Lillian characterize her experience in prison?

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