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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blanche calls out Annie's name for the first t
(a) Three years.
(b) A couple of months.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A year.

2. What does Annie recall her mother saying about her after Annie's sister died?
(a) Annie is so much like her sister.
(b) The other one was prettier.
(c) I'm glad I still have Annie with me.
(d) She's not nearly as nice as the other one.

3. What does Annie look at two weeks after her mother dies?
(a) A photo of her mother.
(b) A tombstone.
(c) Her mother's clothes.
(d) A new house.

4. Annie states that her mother was ________________ by herself.
(a) Happy.
(b) In darkness.
(c) Scared.
(d) Sad.

5. On what day does Blanche die?
(a) May 7.
(b) December 13.
(c) April 6.
(d) November 7.

6. On a shopping trip Annie sees a woman ____________________ who reminds her of her mother.
(a) Crying.
(b) Staring at the floor.
(c) Talking to herself.
(d) Laughing at nothing.

7. What does Annie find when she comes to see her mother one day?
(a) A piano.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A caged bird.
(d) A pile of excrement.

8. What did Annie feel was her role after her sister died?
(a) Replacement.
(b) Poor substitute.
(c) Comedian.
(d) Grief counselor.

9. How do the patients behave in their senility?
(a) Docilely.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Childlike.
(d) Belligerently.

10. What words on the water bill reminds Annie of her mother's nickname?
(a) Cubic meter.
(b) Delivery date.
(c) Gallons used.
(d) Sanitation services.

11. In what month is the first journal entry in this section?
(a) January.
(b) April.
(c) February.
(d) March.

12. What does Annie note about her mother when she comes to visit her in October?
(a) She doesn't recognize her mother.
(b) She has a new dress.
(c) Her hair is dyed black.
(d) She has gained some weight.

13. Which of the following does Annie find she can do while grieving for her mother?
(a) Live.
(b) Read.
(c) Drive.
(d) Move.

14. What does Annie get in the mail that reminds her of her mother?
(a) A credit card statement.
(b) A birthday card.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A water bill.

15. What do the nurses hand out to the patients?
(a) Headphones.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Annie feel knowing that her mother is going to die?

2. Who did Blanche take Annie to visit in the hospital when Annie was a child?

3. How does Annie characterize her mother's personality when she was well?

4. Annie notes that she talks about her mother _________________.

5. What does Annie find in her mother's nightstand table drawer?

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