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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. What is the purpose of the Preface?
(a) The author tells her personal history.
(b) The author summarizes events.
(c) The author gives acknowledgements.
(d) The author provides her resume.

2. Why does Annie's mother buy such an expensive handbag?
(a) She is going out and wants to look nice.
(b) She wants it to last forever.
(c) It will be her last one.
(d) It coordinates with everything.

3. What does Annie describe in this chapter?
(a) Physical and mental changes.
(b) Her Christmas decorations.
(c) Her summer vacation.
(d) The autumn leaves.

4. How does Annie's mother sit?
(a) With her legs crossed.
(b) With one leg tucked under her.
(c) With her legs spread.
(d) With her mouth open.

5. What is the premise of I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?
(a) The gradual decline of Annie's mother.
(b) A hostage tells her story to Annie.
(c) A young girl in the South shares her diary.
(d) The experience of Annie going blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to a handbag, Annie's mother buys a dress and ______________.

2. Annie's story explores the connection between ___________________.

3. How do Annie's sons react when visitors laugh at Blanche?

4. Annie's mother lifts her legs and bends her knees in an exaggerated way ____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical pain does Annie develop in response to her mother's illness?

2. What mixed feelings does Annie have about her mother's "voice" in her head?

3. What gesture does Annie's mother make that reminds Annie of her mother's personality?

4. What notes does Annie make about her mother on Easter Sunday?

5. What is the state of Annie's mother's body and how does Annie relate to it?

6. How does Annie's mother embarrass a sales clerk in a department store?

7. What is Annie reminded of when her mother puts on two bras at one time?

8. What is the significance of Annie's mother dying on Easter Sunday?

9. When does Annie's mother first begin to show signs of deterioration?

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

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