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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie regret now that her mother is dead?
(a) She didn't buy the purse she wanted.
(b) She resented taking care of her.
(c) She didn't get closer to her.
(d) She swore at her.

2. What habit of Annie's mother's distresses Annie?
(a) Taking off her clothes.
(b) Rushing with her to the elevator and babbling.
(c) Picking her nose.
(d) Wearing her shoes in the shower.

3. On rare occasions, Blanche is ____________.
(a) Lucid.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Prolific.
(d) Funny.

4. Why did Annie hide feces as a child?
(a) She didn't want to go to the outside toilet.
(b) She wanted to show her mother.
(c) She was embarrassed.
(d) She was confused.

5. What is an important motif in this chapter?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Music.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Guilt.

6. What does Annie find in her mother's nightstand table drawer?
(a) Nail clippers.
(b) A picture of Annie.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A turd.

7. Where must Blanche sit during Annie's Sunday visits with her now?
(a) On a bench.
(b) In a wheelchair.
(c) In her bed.
(d) In the TV room.

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

9. What does Annie remember that makes her break down and cry?
(a) The smell of her mother's face powder.
(b) How her mother used to hold her when she was upset.
(c) How pretty her mother was when she got dressed to go out.
(d) How her mother would play the piano.

10. What does Annie remember about her mother's physical presence?
(a) She was always overweight.
(b) She had beautiful hair.
(c) She was a real diva.
(d) She never pampered herself.

11. How does Annie feel knowing that her mother is going to die?
(a) Panic-stricken.
(b) Sad.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Guilty.

12. Which of the following does Annie NOT say she gets from her mother.
(a) Her volatile nature.
(b) Her high spirits.
(c) Her sense of style.
(d) Her hot temper.

13. How does Annie define her own emotional state at this time?
(a) Disgraught.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Deadness.

14. How do the women in the nursing home behave?
(a) They are very friendly toward everybody.
(b) They shun each other.
(c) They go around in pairs.
(d) They always walk alone.

15. Annie states that her mother was ________________ by herself.
(a) In darkness.
(b) Happy.
(c) Scared.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blanche do when Annie visits on Easter Day in April?

2. Writing about her mother is a good way for Annie to do what?

3. What does Annie not believe about her mother?

4. What happens once Annie decides to tell her mother's story?

5. What does Annie know about her mother?

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