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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. Who does Annie bring into her home to live?
(a) Her mother-in-law.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her stepson.

2. Who is Annie's mother walking with in the department store when she is laughing?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her grandson.
(d) Annie.

3. What does the author do with the events she summarizes?
(a) She documents her pregnancy.
(b) She teaches Alzheimer's support classes.
(c) She teaches journaling classes.
(d) She bases her book on them.

4. When does Annie's mother begin to show signs of deterioration?
(a) Summer of 1972.
(b) Autumn of 1964.
(c) Summer of 1983.
(d) Winter of 1982.

5. On what year does this chapter focus?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1983.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Annie's mother get lost?

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

3. Whose feelings does Annie examine primarily in the book?

4. What does Annie do as her mother sleeps?

5. When is Annie's patience most tested with her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the purpose of the Preface in I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?

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

5. What surprises Annie about the handbag purchase her mother makes?

6. How does Annie's mother begin to show violent tendencies?

7. Explain the irony of Annie's mother's comments as they relate to the events in Annie's life.

8. What is the unexpected gesture from her mother that surprises and touches Annie?

9. In what way does Annie feel indifferent toward her mother?

10. What notes does Annie make about the death of her mother on April 7?

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