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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1985 January-June.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Preface?
(a) The author gives acknowledgements.
(b) The author provides her resume.
(c) The author tells her personal history.
(d) The author summarizes events.

2. Which of the following elements does Annie not document regarding her mother's illness?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Bodily functions.
(c) Memories.
(d) Emotions.

3. Annie's book makes a connection between writing and ____________________.
(a) The creative process.
(b) Loving.
(c) Reading.
(d) Drawing.

4. Annie comes to realize how ____________ memories are.
(a) Powerful.
(b) Fickle.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Fleeting.

5. How much content did Annie create with each diary entry?
(a) Pages of paragraphs at a time.
(b) Two or three chapters at a time.
(c) Fragments.
(d) At least a chapter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Annie get the idea to publish her notes as a book?

2. Why does Annie's mother buy such an expensive handbag?

3. In addition to a handbag, Annie's mother buys a dress and ______________.

4. Surgery prevents Annie from seeing her mother for how long?

5. Annie would rather accept her mother's ____________ instead of her death.

(see the answer key)

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