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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Cordelia and Elaine make a game of making fun of in tenth grade?
(a) Their parents.
(b) The Smeaths.
(c) Carol and Grace.
(d) Tenth grade boys.

2. What do Elaine's friends tell her about their bullying?
(a) That they are trying to help her improve herself.
(b) That they are smarter and can outwit her.
(c) That they are preparing her for the real world.
(d) That they are bigger and stronger and she must obey.

3. Where does Elaine's family go for vacation?
(a) To the lake.
(b) To the seashore.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To the city.

4. Who offered Elaine a place to stay in Toronto?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her ex-husband.
(c) Her former teacher.
(d) Her uncle.

5. How old is the narrator in the book's first flashback?
(a) A teenager.
(b) A baby.
(c) A college grad.
(d) A toddler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare time to?

2. What was the purpose of the beautiful and meaningful Virgin Mary statue Elaine saw?

3. Why doesn't Elaine want to look at her paintings?

4. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?

5. In the present time, where does the narrator look as she walks down the street?

(see the answer key)

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