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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. When is Annie's patience most tested with her mother?
(a) Trying to style her thin hair.
(b) Keeping her from making long distance calls to strangers.
(c) Keeping her clean after she defecates and wets the bed.
(d) Making her keep her clothes on.
2. Which of the following elements does Annie not document regarding her mother's illness?
(a) Bodily functions.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Memories.
3. What does the author do with the events she summarizes?
(a) She documents her pregnancy.
(b) She teaches Alzheimer's support classes.
(c) She teaches journaling classes.
(d) She bases her book on them.
4. Annie has to remind herself that the situation with her mother ___________________.
(a) Is just temporary.
(b) Is reality.
(c) Is a payback.
(d) Is impossible.
5. One of Blanche's roommates reminds Annie of _____________________.
(a) A prison warden.
(b) A comedian.
(c) A prisoner of Buchenwald.
(d) A beauty queen.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Annie was young, she believed her mother _________________.
2. How had Annie's mother been injured?
3. How many sons does Annie have?
4. Who can Annie's mother no longer remember?
5. Annie's mother puts on more than one ___________.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose of the Preface in I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?
2. What is the focus of this chapter?
3. Describe the feeling of nothingness that Annie experiences after the death of her mother?
4. What does the author mean by everything being in the past tense now?
5. How does Annie try to come to terms with the idea that her mother will die?
6. What personal identity issues does Annie have regarding her birth and the death of her sister?
7. What two themes become evident in this chapter?
8. What does it mean for Annie when her mother recognizes her?
9. How is the theme of role reversal explained as the story extends?
10. What was the nickname Annie gave her mother when she was only five-years-old?
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