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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. Which piece of information did George's mother forget during their visit to the museum, causing George to want to look it up on her mother's phone?
(a) Michelangelo's name.
(b) Francesco's name.
(c) Leonardo's name.
(d) Cosmo's name.

2. How many minutes is the total length of the pornographic video that upsets George?
(a) 45.
(b) 15.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

3. In a significant moment within the conversation in Italy, George's mother told her, "You know, Georgie, nothing's not" (250) what?
(a) Historically relevant.
(b) Meaningful.
(c) Connected.
(d) Significant.

4. At the end of H's visit with George and Henry on the morning of New Year's Day, George is shocked to realize that she has taken what action three times?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Spoke about her mother.
(c) Took a deep breath.
(d) Sighed.

5. George allows H to push her in what kind of a wheeled object?
(a) A go-kart.
(b) A stroller.
(c) A chair.
(d) A shopping cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Henry in the narrative present?

2. During H's third visit to George's house, George asks H if she thinks that dead people have what?

3. Which object belonging to George's mother went "missing in the panic and aftermath" (179) of her death?

4. The conversation portrayed at the start of Camera takes place in which month?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kinds of conflicts have been revealed so far within the text? Give a brief example of at least two conflicts unfolding at the center of the text.

3. What timeline does George provide on the first page of the section entitled Eyes and what is its significance?

4. Explain the revelation that is finally made about the source of George's incessant feelings of "guilt and fury" (210) that result in repetitive thoughts.

5. What is the significance of the record album entitled Tell Laura I Love Her?

6. Describe the conversation George has with Mrs. Rock about her mother's criticism of a certain politician.

7. What is the main method George's father uses to cope with the trauma of losing his wife?

8. What is the significance of George's shift away from considering a particular element of language to be very important?

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

10. What does the damage in George's house symbolize?

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