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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Annie's mother want to buy?
2. Which of the following does Annie not do for her mother while she is in the hospital?
3. In what circumstance does Blanche ironically ask Annie a question?
4. Which of the following does Annie NOT note about the hospital?
5. When does Annie get the idea to publish her notes as a book?
Short Essay Questions
1. Name some of the memory-related problems Annie's mother experiences during this time.
2. On what does Annie base the title of the book?
3. Does Annie believe she can do justice to her mother's ordeal by writing about it?
4. Describe the feeling of nothingness that Annie experiences after the death of her mother?
5. What does the author mean by everything being in the past tense now?
6. What was the nickname Annie gave her mother when she was only five-years-old?
7. What does Annie recall about her mother's temperament?
8. Explain Annie's conflicted feelings when leaving her mother at the elevator in the hospital?
9. What is the premise of I REMAIN IN DARKNESS?
10. Explain what Annie means by associating days in her own life with days in her mother's life.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the people are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
Essay Topic 2
Create a brief character study of Annie's mother. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What is important to her, if anything, at this point in her life?
Essay Topic 3
Name and describe the three primary reasons Annie's diary is special. Compare it to similar famous diaries in history. How do diaries help us us understand personal and public histories?
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