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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Annie's sons react when visitors laugh at Blanche?
(a) They cry.
(b) They reprimand them.
(c) They are offended.
(d) They laugh too.

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

3. Which of the following does Annie not do for her mother while she is in the hospital?
(a) Comb her hair.
(b) Clip her nails.
(c) Iron her clothes.
(d) Shave her face.

4. Who wrote the sentence, "I remain in darkness?"
(a) Annie.
(b) Annie's sister.
(c) Annie's mother.
(d) Annie's older son.

5. Whose feelings does Annie examine primarily in the book?
(a) Her sons'.
(b) Her own.
(c) Her sister's.
(d) Her mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Annie's mother been injured?

2. How does Annie document her mother's illness?

3. What reaction does Annie's mother cause in the department store?

4. Annie feels emotional and _____________ connections with her mother.

5. Annie has to remind herself that the situation with her mother ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of role reversal explained as the story extends?

2. How was the process of writing this book cathartic for Annie?

3. Describe the feeling of nothingness that Annie experiences after the death of her mother?

4. Name some of the disturbing behaviors exhibited by Annie's mother.

5. What are Annie's plans for the notes she takes during her mother's illness?

6. How does Annie manage her mother's care when she begins to decline?

7. What is the time period of this very short chapter?

8. Describe the thoughts that Annie has of the circle of life concept.

9. How does Annie feel when she sees a woman talking to herself while shopping?

10. What emotional motifs are repeated throughout I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?

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