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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the girls playing when they put Elaine into the hole?
(a) Mary, Queen of Scots.
(b) Mary of Guelders.
(c) Mary of Modena.
(d) Bloody Mary.

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

4. What does Cordelia warn that nightshade berries do?
(a) Kill you with a drop of juice.
(b) Make a stain that won't come out.
(c) Give you nightmares.
(d) Turn you into a zombie.

5. 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 makes an apology she doesn't mean.
(c) She feels truly sorry and gives Elaine a gift.
(d) She sends Elaine a card to apologize, and Elaine can't tell if it's sincere.

6. What is one of Elaine's favorite childhood games?
(a) Hopscotch.
(b) Jacks.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Checkers.

7. What does the narrator compare time to?
(a) Earth.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Air.

8. Where do the girls stare at Elaine from as she walks home from school?
(a) The gazebo.
(b) A horse pasture.
(c) The bridge.
(d) A car.

9. What does the narrator say she's not ready to give up, even at fifty, though it's a nuisance?
(a) Hope.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Memory.

10. Who offered Elaine a place to stay in Toronto?
(a) Her ex-husband.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her former teacher.

11. What is the name of the new friend that Elaine makes?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Jill.
(c) Jane.
(d) Jenny.

12. Which of the girls is physically maturing ahead of the others?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Carol.
(c) Grace.
(d) Elaine.

13. Why doesn't Elaine want to look at her paintings?
(a) She thinks they'll influence her newer paintings.
(b) She finds mistakes and wants to start over.
(c) She is afraid of the angry feelings they bring up.
(d) They make her too sad about her past losses.

14. What do the two women Elaine hears talking about her at the Smeath house call her?
(a) A heathen.
(b) An urchin.
(c) a poor beggar.
(d) A wildcat.

15. What does Elaine notice about the boys and girls at Tortonto's shopping centers?
(a) They're trying to look grown up.
(b) They look shabby and poor.
(c) They're trying to look like children.
(d) They look like each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jon's ex-girlfriend throw at him and Elaine?

2. What relationship does Cordelia have to the narrator?

3. How does Elaine feel about the boys?

4. How old is the narrator in the book's first flashback?

5. Who does Elaine see on the escalator after she has her drink?

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