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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Writing about her mother is a good way for Annie to do what?
(a) Tell an accurate story.
(b) Improve her memory.
(c) Hold on to her.
(d) Improve her writing technique.

2. What nickname did Annie give her mother when Annie was five-years-old?
(a) Ice cube.
(b) Cubby.
(c) Momster.
(d) Creamsicle.

3. What is placed all over the institution where Blanche lives?
(a) Clocks.
(b) Plants.
(c) Fire extinguishers.
(d) Gurneys.

4. How does Annie describe the way her mother looked on Easter Day in April?
(a) Delirious.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Mad.
(d) Sweet.

5. In what month is the first journal entry in this section?
(a) March.
(b) April.
(c) February.
(d) January.

6. Who did Blanche take Annie to visit in the hospital when Annie was a child?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) An uncle.
(d) A neighbor.

7. When Annie projects into the future, she _____________________.
(a) Sees her sons going to college.
(b) Can envision her mother's funeral.
(c) Can see herself as her mother is now.
(d) Sees herself with grandchildren.

8. 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.

9. What does Annie feel that she lost regarding her other?
(a) dignity.
(b) patience.
(c) humility.
(d) sense of humor.

10. Why does Annie feel guilty regarding her mother?
(a) That she swore at her.
(b) That she talked about her behind her back.
(c) That she never came home for Christmas holidays.
(d) That she couldn't care for her in her own home.

11. How many years did Annie's mother wear gray or black clothing in mourning for her mother?
(a) 7.
(b) 18.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

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

13. In what does Annie find some small comfort related to her mother?
(a) Remembering her mother's unique sayings.
(b) Listening to records she used to like.
(c) Seeing her mother smile at her.
(d) Reading some stories her mother had written.

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

15. The nurses tell Annie that her mother is always talking about _______________.
(a) Soap opera characters.
(b) Her house.
(c) Old boyfriends.
(d) Annie.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country does Annie return at the beginning of this chapter?

2. Which of the following does Annie NOT say she gets from her mother.

3. What does Annie know about her mother?

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

5. Annie remembers how her mother _________________ before she fell ill.

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