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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. What did Samantha learn when she called Kaja up to see if they could patch up their friendship?

2. How did Lillian describe Sam when she reunited with him?

3. What was Samantha’s tattoo done with, in Item #63, Samantha’s tattoo?

4. What did Samantha dress as for Halloween after Lillian’s arrest?

5. Why did Samantha not recognize her mother when Lillian came to pick her up after school after getting out of jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lillian and Samantha connect with Franny Panic separately?

2. How did Lillian handle her interview with the MoMA curator?

3. How did Lillian make a place for herself among the society of the women in prison?

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

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

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

7. How does Goldberg characterize the last portrait of Samantha?

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

9. What was Samantha’s (Jane’s) second summer in Cleveland like?

10. How did Nina’s case fare at the Supreme Court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the importance of friendship in Feast Your Eyes? What are the main friendships presented? What value do they hold in the novel? How is the value of friendships distinguished from other kinds of relationships?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of photography in Feast Your Eyes? What effect does it have on the characters who practice it? What does it offer them? What does it demand? How is it similar to or different from other forms of art in the book?

Essay Topic 3

How does motherhood change Lillian Preston? What does it give her, what does it take away? Does it change who she is as a person? Does it not change her?

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