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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Blanche doing when Annie visits her in February?
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Watching soap operas.
(c) Attending a Valentine's Day party.
(d) Sitting in a wheelchair with her arm outstretched.

2. What does Annie look at two weeks after her mother dies?
(a) Her mother's clothes.
(b) A tombstone.
(c) A new house.
(d) A photo of her mother.

3. What does Annie dream of regarding her mother?
(a) That she is floating on clouds.
(b) That she is running through a maze.
(c) The similarities between her and her mother.
(d) That she has shredded carrots for hair.

4. What is the last sentence Annie's mother ever wrote?
(a) I smell coffee.
(b) Life is so good.
(c) I remain in darkness.
(d) This is a living hell.

5. How does Annie's mother often respond when she gives her a manicure?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She smiles.
(c) She groans.
(d) She cries.

6. Which of the following does Blanche NOT exhibit after her hip surgery?
(a) Better mobility.
(b) Blank eyes.
(c) Inability to eat.
(d) Twitching hands.

7. On a shopping trip Annie sees a woman ____________________ who reminds her of her mother.
(a) Talking to herself.
(b) Laughing at nothing.
(c) Staring at the floor.
(d) Crying.

8. Which of the following does Annie NOT do for her mother?
(a) Balances her checkbook.
(b) Shaves her face.
(c) Brings her cake.
(d) Trims her nails.

9. On the anniversary of the day Annie met the man with whom she had an affair was the day she found her mother _____________________.
(a) Tied to a chair.
(b) Roaming the halls.
(c) Walking down the street.
(d) Sitting in a tub of ice.

10. Blanche calls out Annie's name for the first t
(a) A few weeks.
(b) A year.
(c) A couple of months.
(d) Three years.

11. What did Annie never tell her mother about?
(a) A bank overdraft.
(b) A miscarriage.
(c) A Vegas wedding.
(d) An abortion.

12. What does Annie recall that her mother did for even the smallest misbehavior?
(a) Swore at her.
(b) Screamed at her.
(c) Slapped her.
(d) Spanked her.

13. What sentence does Annie decide she can never use in a fictional story?
(a) I hated my mother.
(b) I have big feet.
(c) I had an abortion.
(d) My mother is dead.

14. What is Blanche's reaction to Annie's return?
(a) She does not acknowledge her.
(b) She does not say anything to her.
(c) She is happy to see her.
(d) She cries.

15. What does Annie recall her mother saying about her after Annie's sister died?
(a) I'm glad I still have Annie with me.
(b) She's not nearly as nice as the other one.
(c) The other one was prettier.
(d) Annie is so much like her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Blanche take Annie to visit in the hospital when Annie was a child?

2. What does Annie recall about her mother's temperament?

3. Which of the following does Annie find she can do while grieving for her mother?

4. When Annie projects into the future, she _____________________.

5. Annie recalls that there were many times she experienced _____________ with her mother.

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