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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Annie's story explores the connection between ___________________.
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Husband and wife.
(d) Mother and daughter.

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

3. In what price range is the handbag that Annie's mother buys?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Bargain basement.
(c) The most expensive.
(d) Cheap.

4. What was the reason for the argument about a bra between Annie and her mother?
(a) Annie would not wear a bra.
(b) Annie bought a red bra.
(c) Annie bought a strapless bra.
(d) Annie wore a bra without permission.

5. Annie states that "The body I see ________________."
(a) Is repugnant to me.
(b) Is also mine.
(c) Is beautiful.
(d) Is a memory.

6. What does Annie make her mother wear?
(a) Sweater.
(b) Girdle and stockings.
(c) Hat.
(d) Robe.

7. What does Annie describe in this chapter?
(a) Her Christmas decorations.
(b) Physical and mental changes.
(c) Her summer vacation.
(d) The autumn leaves.

8. When Annie was young, she believed her mother _________________.
(a) Was a beauty queen.
(b) Knew everything.
(c) Was a shrew.
(d) Was comedic.

9. Annie feels emotional and _____________ connections with her mother.
(a) Practical.
(b) Physical.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Spiritual.

10. Whose changes does Annie describe?
(a) Her husband's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her own.
(d) Her younger son's.

11. One of Blanche's roommates reminds Annie of _____________________.
(a) A prisoner of Buchenwald.
(b) A prison warden.
(c) A comedian.
(d) A beauty queen.

12. Which of the following does Annie's mother NOT do?
(a) Dials psychic hotline numbers.
(b) Talks to imaginary people.
(c) Hides her soiled clothing.
(d) Goes to the bathroom in her underwear.

13. Annie's book talks about the juxtaposition of _______________.
(a) The right.
(b) The left.
(c) Opposites.
(d) The beginning.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Annie bring into her home to live?

2. On what is the title of the book based?

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

4. What color is the handbag that Annie's mother buys?

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

(see the answer keys)

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