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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 act of devotion does Samantha say her grandmother performed for Lillian?

2. What was it that scared Samantha after Lillian got out of jail?

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

4. What did Lillian’s father tell her he had always wanted to do?

5. Who paid Nina and Lillian’s bail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Lillian’s summer without Lillian like?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Lillian characterize her experience in prison?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of Feast Your Eyes. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Identify the most important plot points in Feast Your Eyes. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

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