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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lillian respond when Samantha made her protest against her conditions?
(a) She sent her to therapy.
(b) She started photographing Samantha again.
(c) She called her bluff and prevented her going anywhere.
(d) She stopped doing pills and listened to her more.

2. Where did cops start to appear in Lillian’s work after she was arrested?
(a) Outside the frame.
(b) On the periphery.
(c) In double exposures.
(d) In the center.

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

4. How often does Samantha say Lillian spoke of jail after she was arrested?
(a) Only once.
(b) Only when things were hard.
(c) Infrequently.
(d) All the time.

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 cave.
(c) The island.
(d) The hideaway.

6. When would Sam Decker close his café?
(a) Whenever he felt like it.
(b) When the golden hour before sunset started.
(c) At 6p.m. religiously every night.
(d) Whenever the light was good for photographing.

7. How did Samantha put up a protest against how things were going for her in junior high school?
(a) She threatened to move to Cleveland.
(b) She stayed with Grete and Kaja.
(c) She stopped going to school.
(d) She ran away.

8. What did Lillian say she thought she was doing by taking the pictures she took?
(a) Making windows.
(b) Saving moments.
(c) Revealing truths.
(d) Protecting her daughter.

9. What act of devotion does Samantha say her grandmother performed for Lillian?
(a) Taking care of her boxes of contact sheets and prints for years.
(b) Telling her grandfather stories and hiding things to keep him and Lillian on good terms.
(c) Going into debt to buy things for her and Samantha.
(d) Sending her money she never spoke about.

10. How did Lyonel Tsaregorodcev characterize Lillian’s work at the MoMA portfolio day?
(a) Sophomoric.
(b) The real deal.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Sophisticated.

11. What change did Lillian make in her lifestyle while Nina’s case was before the NY Supreme Court?
(a) She stayed home more often.
(b) She stopped taking photos.
(c) She stopped taking pills.
(d) She worked longer hours.

12. What kind of lawyer took Nina and Lillian’s case?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Internal affairs.
(c) Personal injury.
(d) Intellectual property.

13. How did Lillian’s and Samantha’s household change after Lillian’s arrest?
(a) They were almost always silent.
(b) They were never home.
(c) Lillian stopped working at home.
(d) Nina was a constant houseguest.

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

15. What did Sam offer Lillian?
(a) Darkroom time.
(b) Company at the hospital.
(c) Money.
(d) Rides here and there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the outcome of Lillian’s first solo exhibition?

2. How did Samantha solve the problems that came with her feet being stepped on?

3. What group did Nina party with during college?

4. Where had Samantha been while Lillian was being arrested?

5. How long did Samantha go to Cleveland for after Lillian’s first solo show?

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