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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Elaine think is telling her to die?
(a) Her inner self.
(b) Grace.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Her mother.

3. What do Elaine's friends say she's done wrong that makes them not speak to her at the Christmas parade?
(a) They say she's grown too tall.
(b) They say she's worn the wrong dress.
(c) They say she's said something wrong, but they won't say what.
(d) They say she's insulted them, but they won't say how.

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

5. What adjective best describes the narrator and Cordelia on the streetcar?
(a) Helpful.
(b) Critical.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Cordelia have to the narrator?

2. How did Elaine feel about coming to her art retrospective?

3. Why did Elaine paint artworks of her mother after she died?

4. Where do Elaine and her friends watch the Christmas parade from?

5. What job does Elaine's father get in Toronto?

(see the answer key)

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