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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many sons does Annie have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.
2. Whose feelings does Annie examine primarily in the book?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her sons'.
(c) Her own.
(d) Her sister's.
3. Which of the following does Annie's mother NOT do?
(a) Goes to the bathroom in her underwear.
(b) Talks to imaginary people.
(c) Hides her soiled clothing.
(d) Dials psychic hotline numbers.
4. Who is the author of I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?
(a) Annie Proux.
(b) Annie Ernaux.
(c) Annie Lemeaux.
(d) Alice Ernaux.
5. Annie's mother can no longer remember _______________.
(a) Her address.
(b) Her name.
(c) Her birthday.
(d) Her age.
6. On what year does this chapter focus?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1964.
7. With what does Annie come to terms in this book?
(a) Menopause.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Memories of her mother.
(d) A new job.
8. What is the purpose of the Preface?
(a) The author provides her resume.
(b) The author tells her personal history.
(c) The author gives acknowledgements.
(d) The author summarizes events.
9. Her mother's physical state forces Annie to acknowledge _____________________.
(a) Her own mortality.
(b) She probably inherited this.
(c) She needs better doctors.
(d) The ultimate death of her mother.
10. On what month does this chapter focus?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) April.
(d) September.
11. Why does Annie's mother buy such an expensive handbag?
(a) She is going out and wants to look nice.
(b) It coordinates with everything.
(c) It will be her last one.
(d) She wants it to last forever.
12. How much content did Annie create with each diary entry?
(a) Fragments.
(b) At least a chapter.
(c) Pages of paragraphs at a time.
(d) Two or three chapters at a time.
13. 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.
14. What physical manifestation does Annie experience as a result of her mother's decline?
(a) Dizzy spells.
(b) Stuttering.
(c) Migraines.
(d) Stomach pains.
15. When does Annie get the idea to publish her notes as a book?
(a) After her mother's death.
(b) When she gets mad at her ex-husband.
(c) When her mother goes to the medical facility.
(d) When her mother doesn't recognize her anymore.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Annie when she had an argument with her mother about a bra?
2. Annie's book makes a connection between writing and ____________________.
3. What does Annie's mother do as she walks through the department store?
4. What alarms Annie about her mother's daily life?
5. What does the author do with the events she summarizes?
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