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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 Nina characterize Lillian’s work when she saw it?

2. Who paid Nina and Lillian’s bail?

3. What change did Lillian make in her lifestyle while Nina’s case was before the NY Supreme Court?

4. How long did Samantha spend in Cleveland the summer after her mother’s arrest?

5. How does Grete characterize Lillian’s state of mind at the end of the summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What effect did the court ruling have on Lillian and Samantha?

6. How did Lillian repair her relationship with Samantha?

7. How did Samantha find out that her mother had been arrested?

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

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

10. What is Samantha doing in the eight photographs known as The Samantha series?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Feast Your Eyes tell us about the relationship between mothers and daughters? Is the relationship between Lillian and Samantha successful? How would you define success for that relationship?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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