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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1985 January-June.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the patients behave in their senility?
(a) Belligerently.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Childlike.
(d) Docilely.

2. How do Annie's sons react when visitors laugh at Blanche?
(a) They laugh too.
(b) They cry.
(c) They are offended.
(d) They reprimand them.

3. How does Annie define her own emotional state at this time?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Disgraught.
(d) Deadness.

4. Of what is Annie reminded when her mother puts on two bras at one time?
(a) An argument she had with her mother once.
(b) A small child.
(c) A cartoon character.
(d) A Las Vegas act.

5. Which of the following does Annie NOT note about the hospital?
(a) The same visitors are always there.
(b) The patients act the same way over and over.
(c) It is a very clean facility.
(d) Visits with her mother are always the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie recall her mother saying about her after Annie's sister died?

2. How many bras does Annie's mother put on at one time?

3. What do the nurses dress the patients in at New Year's?

4. Her mother's physical state forces Annie to acknowledge _____________________.

5. What physical manifestation does Annie experience as a result of her mother's decline?

(see the answer key)

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