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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1984 January-June.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Annie's mother's name?
(a) Blanche Duchesne.
(b) Betty Duchesne.
(c) Blanche DuBois.
(d) Blanche Duquesne.

2. What does Annie do as her mother sleeps?
(a) Goes out to lunch.
(b) Reads.
(c) Touches her gently.
(d) Makes coffee.

3. With what does Annie come to terms in this book?
(a) A new job.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Menopause.
(d) Memories of her mother.

4. How much content did Annie create with each diary entry?
(a) At least a chapter.
(b) Fragments.
(c) Pages of paragraphs at a time.
(d) Two or three chapters at a time.

5. When Blanche's needs change she is moved to ________________.
(a) An assisted living apartment.
(b) A mental hospital.
(c) A geriatric ward.
(d) Intensive care unit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Annie finds herself feeling ____________ toward her mother.

3. Annie's story addresses the changing role of _________________.

4. Whose changes does Annie describe?

5. When does Annie's mother make exaggerated moves?

(see the answer key)

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