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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What led Lillian to start using pills?
(a) Preparing for her first show.
(b) An injury.
(c) Depression.
(d) An illness.

2. How does the “Eyes on Photography” article characterize Lillian’s photography?
(a) Candid.
(b) Innocent.
(c) Sly.
(d) Sophisticated.

3. What caused Lillian to pass by the Lacuna gallery every day?
(a) The route to Grete and Kaja’s house.
(b) Samantha’s new school.
(c) Her new typing job.
(d) Her new restaurant job.

4. What emotion did Lillian’s face show, when Ken asked her to move to Brooklyn with him?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Resignation.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Joy.

5. How does Samantha characterize her feelings on meeting her grandparents?
(a) Bewildered.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Delighted.

6. What role does Lillian say Nina’s friendship occupied in her life?
(a) Little sister.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Big sister.
(d) Mother.

7. What does Samantha say Lillian’s pictures prepared her for?
(a) Seeing the core of people in the real world.
(b) Accepting rejection.
(c) Seeing how other people see the world.
(d) Coming to terms with death.

8. How regularly did Lillian take self-portraits after 18 weeks?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every three weeks.
(d) Every month.

9. What does Lillian Preston try to photograph?
(a) Unexpected moments.
(b) People’s true faces.
(c) Rare vistas.
(d) Intimate visions.

10. What occasion does the narrator give for commenting on Lillian Preston’s life and work?
(a) A blurb request for a book.
(b) A biography.
(c) A museum exhibit.
(d) An obituary.

11. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s expression in her self-portrait at nine weeks?
(a) Defeated.
(b) Content.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Exhausted.

12. What was Lillian doing for money while she lived downstairs from Deborah?
(a) Typing.
(b) Waiting tables.
(c) Selling her photos.
(d) Journalism.

13. Who accompanied Lillian to the hospital when she was ready to give birth?
(a) Patty.
(b) Her father.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Her mother.

14. How does Patricia Stokes characterize living with Lillian?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Coziness.
(c) Squalor.
(d) A hospitable home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grete’s ethnicity?

2. Where did Grete take Kaja and Samantha to get them out of the house while Lillian was feeling ill after the abortion?

3. What choice did Lillian Preston give her daughter in regard to the photos in the Samantha series?

4. What is Grete’s art form?

5. How does Samantha characterize herself as a child?

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