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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie recall her mother telling Annie it was their duty to do?
(a) Take food to shut-ins.
(b) Volunteer at the hospital.
(c) Brush their hair 100 strokes before going to bed.
(d) Give coins to beggars.

2. What do the nurses dress the patients in at New Year's?
(a) Tuxedos and ballgowns.
(b) Fancy clothes.
(c) New hospital gowns.
(d) Street clothes.

3. How long has Blanche been at the institution as of Easter Day in April?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 13 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 months.

4. What is the one thing that remains of the mother that Annie once knew?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Her laugh.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her smile.

5. Surgery prevents Annie from seeing her mother for how long?
(a) Two months.
(b) One month.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

6. What nickname did Annie give her mother when Annie was five-years-old?
(a) Creamsicle.
(b) Momster.
(c) Cubby.
(d) Ice cube.

7. Which of the following does NOT describe the cake that Annie brings for her mother to eat.
(a) Too dry.
(b) Too moist.
(c) Too messy.
(d) Too crumbly.

8. Writing about her mother is a good way for Annie to do what?
(a) Improve her writing technique.
(b) Improve her memory.
(c) Hold on to her.
(d) Tell an accurate story.

9. What happens to Blanche in September?
(a) She gets a new hairstyle.
(b) She is allowed home visits.
(c) She breaks her hip.
(d) She has heart surgery.

10. Why did Annie hide feces as a child?
(a) She was embarrassed.
(b) She didn't want to go to the outside toilet.
(c) She wanted to show her mother.
(d) She was confused.

11. How does Annie respond to the ways people try to comfort her?
(a) Appreciative.
(b) Confused.
(c) Respectful.
(d) Frustrated.

12. What does Annie recall about her mother's temperament?
(a) She had a violent temper.
(b) She was extremely shy.
(c) She was very docile.
(d) She was always laughing.

13. What is Blanche's reaction to Annie's return?
(a) She does not acknowledge her.
(b) She does not say anything to her.
(c) She cries.
(d) She is happy to see her.

14. Annie feels that her own life runs ___________ her mother's.
(a) Ahead of.
(b) Behind.
(c) Counter to.
(d) Parallel to.

15. Why does Annie feel guilty regarding her mother?
(a) That she couldn't care for her in her own home.
(b) That she swore at her.
(c) That she never came home for Christmas holidays.
(d) That she talked about her behind her back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie recall that her mother did for even the smallest misbehavior?

2. What is an important motif in this chapter?

3. Annie remembers how her mother _________________ before she fell ill.

4. What coincides in Annie's life to her mother's debilitation?

5. In what month is the first journal entry in this section?

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