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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. How did Lillian’s arrest affect Samantha in school?

2. How did Lillian respond when Samantha made her protest against her conditions?

3. How did Nina characterize Lillian’s work when she saw it?

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

5. Why were Samantha’s feet stepped on in her first day of junior high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Lillian repair her relationship with Samantha?

3. How did Lillian respond to Samantha, when Samantha asked her to have another show of her work?

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

5. What effect did jail have on Lillian?

6. How has Samantha’s view of Mommy is Sick changed, now that she is an adult?

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

8. Why did Lillian’s parents always return to the same booth at the same restaurant while she was in treatment?

9. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s first one-woman show, and how was the show received?

10. How was Samantha’s school career altered by the Supreme Court verdict in Nina’s case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the novel—which is presented as an exhibition catalog—as a capstone in the relationship between Lillian and Samantha. How does the catalog resolve tensions between them? What remains unresolved? What would it take to resolve what is left open?

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

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?

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