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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Elaine feel about the boys?
(a) As if they are out to get her.
(b) As if they are always watching her.
(c) As if she wants to hide from them.
(d) As if they are on her side.

2. What relationship does Stephen have to the narrator?
(a) Brother.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Son.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Elaine's friends say she's done wrong that makes them not speak to her at the Christmas parade?

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

3. What does Elaine try to do instead of playing with her friends?

4. What careers do Elaine's daughters have?

5. During the Christmas parade, what does Cordelia scold Elaine for after her father leaves?

(see the answer key)

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