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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the present time, where does the narrator look as she walks down the street?
(a) Up at the sky.
(b) At the sidewalk.
(c) At the women's clothes and hair.
(d) Into all the shop windows.

3. Why does Elaine think Carol is a sissy?
(a) Carol won't fight with Elaine.
(b) Carol won't stand up for herself with the other kids.
(c) Carol won't get her fancy dress dirty.
(d) Carol thinks Elaine's father's lab is gross.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?

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

4. Who would the narrator and Cordelia analyze on the streetcars?

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

(see the answer key)

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