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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. Why does Samantha say she hates the picture Mommy is Sick?

2. How does Samantha say Lillian repaired their relationship?

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

4. What was the main consequence of the court verdict for Samantha?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the role of men in Feast Your Eyes? How are the presented? What values do they hold, in concert or in distinction to or in opposition to the values the main women characters hold? How do men and women work together in Feast Your Eyes? How are they opposed? How are any oppositions resolved?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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