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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Samantha describe the quality the stage gave her that she could not find anywhere else?
(a) Purpose.
(b) Clarity.
(c) Invisibility.
(d) Harmony.

2. What kind of eggs does Samantha say her grandmother made for her that summer?
(a) Poached.
(b) Quiches.
(c) Fried.
(d) Hard boiled.

3. How did Nina characterize Lillian’s work when she saw it?
(a) Perfection.
(b) Diamond in the rough.
(c) Raw material.
(d) The real deal.

4. Who paid Nina and Lillian’s bail?
(a) Lillian’s father.
(b) Grete.
(c) Nina’s father.
(d) Kenneth.

5. What did Samantha call the café she hung out at in order to avoid the kids from school?
(a) The pariah café.
(b) The island.
(c) The cave.
(d) The hideaway.

6. What was the outcome of Lillian’s first solo exhibition?
(a) It just rehashed the Samantha series controversy.
(b) No one noticed the show took place.
(c) Museums offered to acquire her photos.
(d) Collectors started to seek her out.

7. How does Grete describe the pictures Lillian prepared to present at the end of the summer?
(a) Obscene.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Flawed.
(d) Idiosyncratic.

8. Why does Samantha say that Lillian did not notice the decline in her behavior?
(a) Samantha refused to let her see evidence of her decline.
(b) Lillian was busy preparing for a big show.
(c) Samantha stole money to replace the money she took from her mother.
(d) Lillian was willing to dismiss the facts to believe she was a good mother.

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

10. How does Samantha say Lillian repaired their relationship?
(a) By making more time for her.
(b) By taking her shopping more often.
(c) By reading aloud to her.
(d) By introducing her to the darkroom.

11. What habit did Samantha take up as a survival tactic for junior high school?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Photography.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Fighting.

12. What was it that got Lillian to go to the doctor for a diagnosis?
(a) She started to have double vision.
(b) She was too tired to get out of bed for a week.
(c) She started to cough blood.
(d) She felt a lump.

13. How does Samantha characterize her relationship with her mother’s work?
(a) Bystander.
(b) Collaborator.
(c) Muse.
(d) Victim.

14. How could Samantha tell how her mother was feeling when she was in the hospital?
(a) By how much film she had shot.
(b) By how much she talked.
(c) By how much water she had drunk.
(d) By how hungry she was.

15. How did Lillian make friends with her black neighbors when Lillian and Samantha moved to a mixed-race neighborhood?
(a) She loaned her books.
(b) She gave her a photo of her son.
(c) She invited her in for tea and cake.
(d) She gave her rides when she needed them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many photographs did MoMA ultimately acquire?

2. What was an unintended effect of Nina’s publicity drawing attention to her case?

3. What act of devotion does Samantha say her grandmother performed for Lillian?

4. What was Lillian’s demeanor when she was arrested?

5. What did Lillian’s father tell her he had always wanted to do?

(see the answer keys)

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