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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which gallery did Gabriel Wythe run?

2. How did Lillian’s parents finally get in touch with her and Samantha?

3. What effect would the image of Mommy is Sick have on the narrator?

4. What led Lillian to start using pills?

5. Who accompanied Lillian to the hospital when she was ready to give birth?

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

5. What led Lillian to take Samantha and leave the house where they had lived with Ken?

6. How does Lillian characterize her friendship with Nina?

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

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

9. How did Lillian document her pregnancy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of Feast Your Eyes—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What can we tell about Myla Goldberg, based on the choices she makes in terms of description, characterization and plot? What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 3

When is Feast Your Eyes most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

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