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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. What is Cordelia digging a hole for?
(a) A dollhouse.
(b) A clubhouse.
(c) A racetrack.
(d) A swimming pool.

7. What trick does Elaine begin using to get out of situations she doesn't like?
(a) Pretending to have a siezure.
(b) Making her nose bleed.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Having a screaming fit.

8. What does John make for a living?
(a) Chairs shaped like ordinary objects.
(b) Resin body parts for movies.
(c) Wrapping paper designs.
(d) Strange shaped bottles for soft drinks.

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

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

11. What does Elaine stop to eat downtown at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) A bagel.
(b) Doughnuts.
(c) Pizza.
(d) A sandwich.

12. Who do the little girls from Elaine's memories remind her of?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Frankenstein's monster.

13. Why does Elaine make mistakes on her Sunday School tests?
(a) Because she gets nervous when taking tests.
(b) So the girls won't call her a goody-goody.
(c) Because she doesn't study.
(d) Because Cordelia is blackmailing her.

14. 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 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 worn the wrong dress.

15. As a young girl, what does Elaine collect?
(a) Pins with different colored heads.
(b) Silver paper from cigarette packs.
(c) Stones from each place she visits.
(d) Gum wrappers and paper clips.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Elaine notice about the boys and girls at Tortonto's shopping centers?

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

4. The narrator thinks of time as having a what?

5. In the present time, where does the narrator look as she walks down the street?

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