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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Annie get in the mail that reminds her of her mother?
(a) A water bill.
(b) A magazine.
(c) A birthday card.
(d) A credit card statement.

3. What does Annie bring each time she visits her mother?
(a) Food
(b) Clothes.
(c) Music CDs.
(d) Magazines.

4. Annie recalls that there were many times she experienced _____________ with her mother.
(a) Joy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Frustration.

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

6. What happens to Blanche in September?
(a) She gets a new hairstyle.
(b) She breaks her hip.
(c) She is allowed home visits.
(d) She has heart surgery.

7. With what does Annie associate days in her life?
(a) Pictures on the calendar.
(b) Bank statements.
(c) Days in her mother's life.
(d) Church bulletins.

8. Why does Blanche have such a hard time eating the cake Annie brings?
(a) She can't stop coughing.
(b) She can't find her mouth.
(c) She can't sit up.
(d) She can't hold her fork properly.

9. Where do Annie and her mother sit while they visit at the hospital?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) The lobby.
(c) The garden.
(d) The nursery.

10. What request does Blanche make of Annie that breaks Annie's heart?
(a) To take her away from the hospital.
(b) To sing her a lullaby.
(c) To tell her a story.
(d) To comb her hair.

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

12. How long has Blanche been at the institution as of Easter Day in April?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 13 months.

13. From what did Annie suffer when she was eighteen-years-old?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Bulimia.
(c) Anorexia.
(d) Measles.

14. What makes Annie especially sad about her mother's death?
(a) She has to sell her house.
(b) She will never hear her mother's voice again.
(c) Her mother's dog won't stop whimpering.
(d) Looking at old photographs.

15. Annie feels that her own life runs ___________ her mother's.
(a) Ahead of.
(b) Parallel to.
(c) Counter to.
(d) Behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie note about her mother when she comes to visit her in October?

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

3. How does Annie plan to dispose of her mother's belongings?

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

5. What is the one thing that remains of the mother that Annie once knew?

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