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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1983.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Preface?
(a) The author provides her resume.
(b) The author gives acknowledgements.
(c) The author summarizes events.
(d) The author tells her personal history.

2. What does Annie's mother want to buy?
(a) A car.
(b) A house.
(c) A springform pan.
(d) A handbag.

3. What physical manifestation does Annie experience as a result of her mother's decline?
(a) Stomach pains.
(b) Stuttering.
(c) Migraines.
(d) Dizzy spells.

4. Annie's story addresses the changing role of _________________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Child to parent.
(c) National government.
(d) Parent to child.

5. In addition to Annie, who else lives in the home when Annie's mother comes to live there?
(a) Annie's mother-in-law.
(b) Annie's husband.
(c) Annie's sister.
(d) Annie's sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie's mother lose?

2. Annie's book makes a connection between writing and ____________________.

3. What does the author do with the events she summarizes?

4. Annie's mother can no longer remember _______________.

5. When does Annie's mother begin to show signs of deterioration?

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