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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George and H develop a studying technique that involves what form of literature?
(a) Memoirs.
(b) Songs.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Poems.

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

3. George's mother had been one of the original group of how many founding Subvert members?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. How many screens had George been viewing at once when her mother told her she was "a migrant of [her] own existence" (194)?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. George notes that the Italian town with the museum has what two qualities?
(a) It is bright and grim.
(b) It is bright and shiny.
(c) It is beautiful and ugly.
(d) It is ancient and intricate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What romantic gesture does H make toward George for the first time on her third visit to George's house?

2. George suspects that her brother Henry has what quality within his identity?

3. Once H has departed from George's house, the narrator states of George, "She is not a girl. She is a" (246) what?

4. People not well-acquainted with H call her by what name?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What two contradictory terms does George use to describe the atmosphere of the Italian town called Ferrara that she had visited with her mother and brother Henry?

2. What had been George's family's New Year's Eve ritual and which members of the family had participated?

3. What kinds of conflicts have been revealed so far within the text? Give a brief example of at least two conflicts unfolding at the center of the text.

4. In what ritual does George begin to engage while sitting in her garden each day?

5. What does the damage in George's house symbolize?

6. What clues led George to think that her mother had been put under surveillance prior to her death?

7. What piece of information did George's mother forget during their time in Italy and why did this event upset George?

8. What location in her bedroom does George take great pains to hide from her father and why?

9. Discuss a metaphor Smith uses to indicate George's concern that she may be unable to love.

10. What is the significance of George's shift away from considering a particular element of language to be very important?

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