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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The fourth sentence of Camera states, "George's mother is" (163) what?
(a) Here.
(b) Angry.
(c) Dying.
(d) Dead.

2. Which object belonging to George's mother went "missing in the panic and aftermath" (179) of her death?
(a) Her laptop.
(b) Her cat.
(c) Her passport.
(d) Her cell phone.

3. George's mother had told George about a female Renaissance painter with what name?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Mary.
(c) Anne.
(d) Louise.

4. In what way had George's mother reacted to George's confession?
(a) She ran out of the room.
(b) She demanded an apology.
(c) She yelled.
(d) She laughed.

5. H asks George about a photograph in George's mother's study that features what town?
(a) Venice.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Ferrara.
(d) Padua.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does George live?

2. How many pounds had George's mother generally paid for one of George's ideas she wanted to use in a Subvert ad?

3. To which character had George's mother compared the painting by Francesco, calling it "generous," "sardonic," and "friendly" (205)?

4. Though George believes the girl in the pornographic video must be at least 16 "due to legality," (189) she thinks that she looks to be what age?

5. George's eye keeps being drawn to a strip of what color in Francesco's painting?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason is George unable to find out what songs her mother had danced to during her morning ritual?

2. What location in her bedroom does George take great pains to hide from her father and why?

3. What clues led George to think that her mother had been put under surveillance prior to her death?

4. What element of language does George come to see differently after her mother's death?

5. What had been George's family's New Year's Eve ritual and which members of the family had participated?

6. What does George tell her father after he discovers her in the garden engaging in her daily ritual?

7. How did George's mother react to George's confession about Lisa?

8. Discuss a metaphor Smith uses to indicate George's concern that she may be unable to love.

9. What is the significance of Saint Catherine within the narrative?

10. What does the shopping cart within the narrative represent in the scene at "the car park" (231)?

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