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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ben's advice to Elaine about going to the art retrospective?
(a) He tells her to go and pretend she's having a good time.
(b) He tells her not to go and instead take a holiday with him.
(c) He tells her not to go.
(d) He tells her to go because she'll enjoy it.

3. What did Jon's ex-girlfriend throw at him and Elaine?
(a) Soup.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bread rolls.

4. What store does Elaine go to?
(a) Kitty's Kite Shop.
(b) Barbie's Candy Store.
(c) Johnson's Hardware.
(d) Simpson's Department Store.

5. Where does Mrs. Smeath ask Elaine to go with her family?
(a) A party.
(b) A play.
(c) Church.
(d) A picnic.

6. What does Elaine have to drink while she's at the store?
(a) A cappuccino.
(b) An herbal tea.
(c) A vodka sour.
(d) A milkshake.

7. What is Elaine's favorite color?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

8. What adjective did people use to describe Toronto in the past?
(a) Old-fashioned.
(b) Dull.
(c) Homey.
(d) Hopping.

9. What does Cordelia do with Elaine's hat?
(a) She throws it into a ravine.
(b) She cuts it into pieces.
(c) She burns it.
(d) She steals it and hides it.

10. What does Elaine's mother tell her to do?
(a) Avoid the other girls.
(b) Stand up for herself.
(c) Ignore the other girls.
(d) Pretend everything is okay.

11. What starts to happen to Elaine when her family is on its summer trip?
(a) She starts falling asleep all the time.
(b) She starts getting dizzy.
(c) She starts having nightmares.
(d) Her vision starts getting fuzzy.

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

13. What did Elaine think of Jon's dirty mattress when they were first dating?
(a) She was afraid of it.
(b) She hated it.
(c) She liked it.
(d) She was repulsed by it.

14. What does Cordelia do after Elaine is sick from being in the cold water?
(a) She refuses to apologize, although she gets in trouble.
(b) She sends Elaine a card to apologize, and Elaine can't tell if it's sincere.
(c) She feels truly sorry and gives Elaine a gift.
(d) She makes an apology she doesn't mean.

15. What word does Elaine use to describe her profession?
(a) Painter.
(b) Artist.
(c) Artiste.
(d) Illustrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls put over Elaine?

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

3. What do the two women Elaine hears talking about her at the Smeath house call her?

4. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?

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

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