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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Samantha Series,” Catalog items 63-70, pages 150-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Patricia Stokes say exasperated her about Lillian?
(a) Her loose friends.
(b) Her drug use.
(c) The darkroom in the bathroom.
(d) Her perpetual poverty.

2. Why did Nina and Lillian spend three days in jail?
(a) The police station lost their paperwork.
(b) They could not come up with bail money.
(c) It was the weekend when they were arrested.
(d) They were considered dangerous.

3. Why does Samantha say she hates the picture Mommy is Sick?
(a) She hates seeing her own worry.
(b) She hates to see herself so naïve and subject to her mother’s whims.
(c) She thinks it is pornographic.
(d) She thinks it is obscene.

4. What did Kaja’s father tell Samantha about her mother’s work?
(a) It was dangerous.
(b) It was meaningless.
(c) It was divine.
(d) It deserved respect.

5. Who did John Bosco connect Lillian’s photos to?
(a) A fashion designer.
(b) A teacher at the New School.
(c) The photography critic from the Times.
(d) A curator at MoMA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanied Lillian to the hospital when she was ready to give birth?

2. How did Samantha respond to Lillian’s news that they were going to move out of Ken’s house?

3. What led Lillian to start using pills?

4. What does Deborah say Lillian’s economic situation was?

5. Where did Lillian photograph the man who was Samantha’s father?

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