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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say she's not ready to give up, even at fifty, though it's a nuisance?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Memory.
(d) Hope.

2. What does Elaine buy for the art exhibit?
(a) A new dress.
(b) New gloves.
(c) A new purse.
(d) New shoes.

3. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?
(a) Finding an old photograph of the two of them together.
(b) Running across a mutual friend.
(c) Getting a postcard.
(d) Coming back to the town where they knew each other.

4. What does Cordelia warn that nightshade berries do?
(a) Turn you into a zombie.
(b) Give you nightmares.
(c) Kill you with a drop of juice.
(d) Make a stain that won't come out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cordelia digging a hole for?

2. How old does Elaine turn soon after the incident with the hole?

3. What adjective did people use to describe Toronto in the past?

4. When Elaine dreams of Toronto, where is she?

5. Does Elaine like the gallery where her art is exhibited?

(see the answer key)

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