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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Annie's intentions for her journal notes?
(a) She had no plans for them.
(b) She would share them with her family.
(c) She would share them with families of Alzheimer's Disease patients.
(d) She would publish a book.

3. What does Annie's mother do as she walks through the department store?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Skips.
(c) Screams.
(d) Cries.

4. How does Annie's mother sit?
(a) With her mouth open.
(b) With one leg tucked under her.
(c) With her legs spread.
(d) With her legs crossed.

5. Her mother's physical state forces Annie to acknowledge _____________________.
(a) The ultimate death of her mother.
(b) She probably inherited this.
(c) Her own mortality.
(d) She needs better doctors.

6. Blanche has always had a fear of poverty and ____________.
(a) Tall buildings.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Clowns.
(d) Spiders.

7. Annie notes that Blanche's body __________________.
(a) Is losing weight.
(b) Has no strength or firmness.
(c) Is getting fat.
(d) Is very rough.

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

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

10. Where does Annie's mother get lost?
(a) In the neighborhood.
(b) At the mall.
(c) At church.
(d) In the house.

11. Who does Annie bring into her home to live?
(a) Her stepson.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her mother-in-law.

12. How many sons does Annie have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

13. Throughout the story, Annie has consistent feelings of __________.
(a) Mendacity.
(b) Envy.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Greed.

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

15. Which of the following does Annie not do for her mother while she is in the hospital?
(a) Shave her face.
(b) Iron her clothes.
(c) Clip her nails.
(d) Comb her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Annie comes to realize how ____________ memories are.

2. Whose feelings does Annie examine primarily in the book?

3. What does Annie make her mother wear?

4. Who is the author of I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?

5. What is it about her mother's physical appearance that is most distressing for Annie?

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