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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Annie's patience most tested with her mother?
(a) Keeping her clean after she defecates and wets the bed.
(b) Trying to style her thin hair.
(c) Making her keep her clothes on.
(d) Keeping her from making long distance calls to strangers.

2. Annie has become her mother's _______________.
(a) Caretaker.
(b) Hair stylist.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Best friend.

3. When was Annie's mother injured?
(a) Ten years ago.
(b) Last year.
(c) A couple days ago.
(d) Two years ago.

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

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

6. Annie's mother can no longer remember _______________.
(a) Her name.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her address.
(d) Her birthday.

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

8. What is it about her mother's physical appearance that is most distressing for Annie?
(a) Her wrinkles.
(b) Her vacant eyes.
(c) Her stringy hair.
(d) Her pale skin.

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

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

11. One of Blanche's roommates is __________________.
(a) A novelist.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A screamer.
(d) A crier.

12. What physical manifestation does Annie experience as a result of her mother's decline?
(a) Migraines.
(b) Stuttering.
(c) Stomach pains.
(d) Dizzy spells.

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

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

15. Annie's story addresses the changing role of _________________.
(a) Child to parent.
(b) Parent to child.
(c) Religion.
(d) National government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie note about the hospital where her mother is staying?

2. Which of the following does Annie NOT note about the hospital?

3. Which member of Annie's family had been injured?

4. Her mother's physical state forces Annie to acknowledge _____________________.

5. Annie notes that Blanche's body __________________.

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