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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is George's mother doing in the video from her childhood in which she appears with her own mother?
(a) Crying.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Playing the trombone.

2. At what time of the morning does H knock on George's door on New Year's Day, the first time she visits her home?
(a) Half past 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) Half past 1.

3. Which object belonging to George's mother went "missing in the panic and aftermath" (179) of her death?
(a) Her laptop.
(b) Her cat.
(c) Her cell phone.
(d) Her passport.

4. What had H done to a phone in retaliation when one of the young women in the school bathroom called her an "ethnic cow" (224)?
(a) She called the young woman's mother.
(b) She broke the phone against the front of the toilet.
(c) She threw the phone in the toilet.
(d) She threw the phone onto the roof.

5. In what country does George live?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Portugal.

6. What kind of damage to her room does George keep a secret from her father?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Fire.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Water.

7. The conversation portrayed at the start of Camera takes place in which month?
(a) June.
(b) February.
(c) May.
(d) January.

8. What word had George's mother intended to write on the window above the politician's head as he sat eating a meal at a restaurant?
(a) Thief.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Liar.

9. The fourth sentence of Camera states, "George's mother is" (163) what?
(a) Dying.
(b) Angry.
(c) Here.
(d) Dead.

10. What word did George look up when she grabbed her mother's dictionary from her office shelf?
(a) Pathos.
(b) Conundrum.
(c) Ethos.
(d) Logos.

11. The streets of the Italian town in which the museum lies are "full of people" (214) using which two forms of transportation?
(a) Walking and riding bicycles.
(b) Walking and driving cars.
(c) Buses and trains.
(d) Mopeds and bicycles.

12. The narrator telling George's story states that at the time of the narrative's unfolding, "it's just past midnight on" (164) which holiday?
(a) Halloween.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Year's Eve.

13. What term indicating class status had George's father used to describe Lisa?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Socialite.
(c) Jet-setter.
(d) Proletariat.

14. How many minutes at a time is George usually able to watch the pornographic video in her daily ritual?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 15

15. The third time H visits George's home, George is caught unawares in which room in the house?
(a) Her loft bedroom.
(b) Her mother's study.
(c) Her father's office.
(d) The bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the record George recalls once laughing about with her mother and father?

2. What emotion is Henry really feeling when he tells George that he is bored?

3. George's mother told George that Lisa's attention had turned from flattering to what?

4. H asks George about a photograph in George's mother's study that features what town?

5. In what month had George, Henry, and their mother eaten dinner near the castle in Italy?

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