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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Grace Smeath's mother?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Kidney failure.
(c) A bad heart.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

2. What job does Elaine's father get in Toronto?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Contractor.
(c) Political advisor.
(d) University professor.

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

4. Who would the narrator and Cordelia analyze on the streetcars?
(a) Old ladies.
(b) Drivers.
(c) Children.
(d) Pedestrians.

5. As a young girl, what does Elaine collect?
(a) Silver paper from cigarette packs.
(b) Stones from each place she visits.
(c) Gum wrappers and paper clips.
(d) Pins with different colored heads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?

2. Does the narrator think she'd recognize Cordelia today?

3. What does the narrator compare time to?

4. How old is the narrator in the book's first flashback?

5. What has someone drawn on the poster for her art exhibit that Elaine sees?

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