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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie remember that makes her break down and cry?
(a) How pretty her mother was when she got dressed to go out.
(b) How her mother used to hold her when she was upset.
(c) The smell of her mother's face powder.
(d) How her mother would play the piano.

2. Who is Annie's mother walking with in the department store when she is laughing?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her grandson.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Annie.

3. How does Annie respond to the ways people try to comfort her?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Respectful.
(c) Appreciative.
(d) Confused.

4. Who is the author of I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?
(a) Annie Ernaux.
(b) Annie Proux.
(c) Alice Ernaux.
(d) Annie Lemeaux.

5. What is placed all over the institution where Blanche lives?
(a) Fire extinguishers.
(b) Plants.
(c) Clocks.
(d) Gurneys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Annie's sons react when visitors laugh at Blanche?

2. When does Annie get the idea to publish her notes as a book?

3. Who is embarrassed by Annie's mother's behavior in the department store?

4. On the anniversary of the day Annie met the man with whom she had an affair was the day she found her mother _____________________.

5. On what day does Blanche die?

(see the answer key)

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