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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. Annie's book makes a connection between writing and ____________________.
(a) Loving.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Reading.
(d) The creative process.

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

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

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

12. When does Annie get the idea to publish her notes as a book?
(a) After her mother's death.
(b) When her mother doesn't recognize her anymore.
(c) When her mother goes to the medical facility.
(d) When she gets mad at her ex-husband.

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

14. On what is the title of the book based?
(a) A phrase uttered during a dream.
(b) A line in a poem.
(c) A scream in a hospital.
(d) A sentence written by someone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what year does this chapter focus?

2. Annie's mother is moved to a medical facility because she _____________________.

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

4. Of what is Annie reminded when her mother puts on two bras at one time?

5. How many bras does Annie's mother put on at one time?

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