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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Annie comes to realize how ____________ memories are.
(a) Fleeting.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Fickle.

2. What is the premise of I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?
(a) The gradual decline of Annie's mother.
(b) A young girl in the South shares her diary.
(c) A hostage tells her story to Annie.
(d) The experience of Annie going blind.

3. Which of the following does Annie NOT note about the hospital?
(a) The same visitors are always there.
(b) Visits with her mother are always the same.
(c) It is a very clean facility.
(d) The patients act the same way over and over.

4. What does Annie's mother lose?
(a) Her gloves.
(b) Her memory.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her house keys.

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

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

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

8. What does the author do with the events she summarizes?
(a) She teaches Alzheimer's support classes.
(b) She documents her pregnancy.
(c) She teaches journaling classes.
(d) She bases her book on them.

9. Who can Annie's mother no longer remember?
(a) Her daughter-in-law.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her son-in-law.
(d) Annie.

10. Annie has to remind herself that the situation with her mother ___________________.
(a) Is impossible.
(b) Is reality.
(c) Is just temporary.
(d) Is a payback.

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

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

13. Which of the following elements does Annie not document regarding her mother's illness?
(a) Memories.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Bodily functions.
(d) Feelings.

14. Annie's mother lifts her legs and bends her knees in an exaggerated way ____________.
(a) To jump.
(b) To exercise.
(c) To walk.
(d) To skip.

15. What color is the handbag that Annie's mother buys?
(a) Tan.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Burgundy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following has Blanche not done by the middle of 1984?

5. In addition to Annie, who else lives in the home when Annie's mother comes to live there?

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