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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What shape is the hole Cordelia begins to dig in the back yard?
(a) Oval.
(b) Triangular.
(c) Circular.
(d) Square.

3. How does Elaine feel about girlish things like braids and purses?
(a) She thinks they're childish.
(b) She thinks they're ugly.
(c) She hates them.
(d) She begins to want them.

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

5. What relationship does Cordelia have to the narrator?
(a) Best friend.
(b) Mother.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Sister.

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

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

8. How does Mrs. Smeath characterize the children's mistreatment of Elaine?
(a) As a crime.
(b) As God's punishment for Elaine.
(c) As a sin against God.
(d) As a sin against nature.

9. What adjective best describes the narrator and Cordelia on the streetcar?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Critical.
(c) Sad.
(d) Helpful.

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

11. What does Cordelia want to punish Elaine for, after the incident with the cold water?
(a) Being sick and weakly.
(b) Telling lies about religion.
(c) Not forgiving them.
(d) Telling on the girls.

12. Elaine thinks that others consider people in her profession to be:
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Bossy.
(d) Snobbish.

13. What is strange about the girls' seating arrangements at the parade?
(a) None of the girls sits near Elaine.
(b) All of the girls sit around Elain so Elain can't see.
(c) The girls stand on their seats.
(d) All of the girls sit low, where they can't see.

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

15. What does Elaine try to do instead of playing with her friends?
(a) Yardwork.
(b) Volunteer work.
(c) Housework.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls make with weed flowers, nightshade berries, leaves, and horse chestnuts?

2. What part of the narrator's body is bloodied?

3. What did Elaine think of Jon's dirty mattress when they were first dating?

4. What job does Elaine's father get in Toronto?

5. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?

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