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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 worn the wrong dress.
(b) They say she's said something wrong, but they won't say what.
(c) They say she's insulted them, but they won't say how.
(d) They say she's grown too tall.

2. Who does Elaine pray to instead of God?
(a) The baby Jesus.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Saint Bernadette.
(d) The Holy Ghost.

3. Where do Elaine and her friends watch the Christmas parade from?
(a) The building where her father works.
(b) Grace's mother's car.
(c) The top of a double-decker bus.
(d) The roof of the school.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What trick does Elaine begin using to get out of situations she doesn't like?

2. Why does Elaine stop reciting the prayers at church?

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

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

5. As a young girl, what does Elaine collect?

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