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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Annie feels more indifferent than angry at her mother's ________________.
(a) Loss of memory.
(b) Eating habits.
(c) Slobbering.
(d) Bodily functions.

2. Which of the following does Annie not do for her mother while she is in the hospital?
(a) Iron her clothes.
(b) Comb her hair.
(c) Shave her face.
(d) Clip her nails.

3. Annie would rather accept her mother's ____________ instead of her death.
(a) Craziness.
(b) Regression.
(c) Coma.
(d) Insults.

4. Whose feelings does Annie examine primarily in the book?
(a) Her own.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her sons'.
(d) Her sister's.

5. Which of the following has Blanche not done by the middle of 1984?
(a) Turned apathetic about everything.
(b) Balanced her checkbook.
(c) Lost all her possessions.
(d) Isolated herself from others.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Annie when she had an argument with her mother about a bra?

2. What alarms Annie about her mother's daily life?

3. Annie's mother lifts her legs and bends her knees in an exaggerated way ____________.

4. Annie feels emotional and _____________ connections with her mother.

5. Surgery prevents Annie from seeing her mother for how long?

(see the answer key)

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