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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose changes does Annie describe?
2. What are Annie's intentions for her journal notes?
3. In addition to Annie, who else lives in the home when Annie's mother comes to live there?
4. When does Annie's mother approach her about being ashamed of Annie's behavior?
5. Annie has to remind herself that the situation with her mother ___________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Annie feel guilty about her mother's "darkness?"
2. Why is Annie conflicted by reading and writing about her mother after her death?
3. What was the nickname Annie gave her mother when she was only five-years-old?
4. What event in Annie's life parallels her mother's decline?
5. How does Annie try to come to terms with the idea that her mother will die?
6. Name some of the memory-related problems Annie's mother experiences during this time.
7. What does Annie recall as the last sentence her mother ever wrote?
8. What physical pain does Annie develop in response to her mother's illness?
9. What does the author mean by everything being in the past tense now?
10. Explain the irony of Annie's mother's comments as they relate to the events in Annie's life.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses several metaphors in telling her story. Define a metaphor. Identify at least two metaphors in the story and support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Does Ernaux end the book on a note of hope for herself or the continuance of her struggle to come to terms with his flawed relationship and grief for her mother? Give your perspective and two reasons to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Not being able to escape the past is an important theme in I REMAIN IN DARKNESS. Can you cite an example to support this theme? Name two other themes and cite examples to support your answers.
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