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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elaine do to her hair when she's in eighth grade?
(a) She cuts it short.
(b) She straightens it.
(c) She dyes it.
(d) She curls it.

2. What movie does Elaine think could have been directed by Josef?
(a) One where a man jumped off a bridge for a woman.
(b) One where a painter fell in love with his student.
(c) One where a man fled from all his relationships.
(d) One where a woman went crazy because of men.

3. Where is the bar that Elaine meets Jon for a drink?
(a) On the roof of a hotel.
(b) In a basement downtown.
(c) At the university.
(d) Above a pool hall.

4. How does Elaine think Jon will react to her pregnancy?
(a) She thinks Jon will want them to leave Toronto to raise the baby.
(b) She thinks Jon will go overboard buying things for her and the baby.
(c) She thinks Jon will want to marry her.
(d) She thinks Jon won't want the baby.

5. What type of job does Elaine get when she graduates college?
(a) Designing magazine ads.
(b) Designing book covers.
(c) Drawing educational cartoons.
(d) Drawing fashion illustrations.

6. Does Josef want to keep his affair with Elaine a secret?
(a) No, but he agrees to keep it secret for Elaine's sake.
(b) No, he tells other professors about it.
(c) Yes, he tells her not to tell his wife.
(d) Yes, he tells her not to tell Susie.

7. Does Elaine have a boyfriend in sixth grade?
(a) No, she begins to hate boys.
(b) Yes, she says it's the fashion.
(c) Yes, she seems deeply in love.
(d) No, she dates a lot of boys.

8. Why is Cordelia in Elaine's class in high school?
(a) She failed her first year and was expelled from her school.
(b) She had to leave school for a year because she was sick.
(c) She ran away from home for a year.
(d) She went to Europe for a year with her mother.

9. What does Elaine find, after Susie calls her urgently for help?
(a) Susie has been injured by Josef.
(b) Susie has gotten drunk and hurt herself accidentally.
(c) Susie has tried to kill herself.
(d) Susie has hurt herself trying to give herself an abortion.

10. How does Cordelia do on her exams?
(a) She passes all but one of them.
(b) She fails them.
(c) She passes all of them.
(d) She doesn't take them.

11. What old route does Elaine walk?
(a) The route from school.
(b) The route to church.
(c) The route to the train station.
(d) The route to her art class.

12. Why did Cordelia dig holes in the yard when she was young?
(a) To sit in them and feel safe.
(b) To put her dolls in them.
(c) As traps for animals.
(d) As traps for her parents.

13. How does Elaine feel as she views her paintings?
(a) Bored.
(b) Angry.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Interested.

14. How is Elaine described in the article about her in Entertainment?
(a) As a crotchety artist with the power to disturb.
(b) As an old soul with empowering paintings.
(c) As a fierce mind with a fiery paintbrush.
(d) As an inscrutible artist with enigmatic works.

15. Where does Elaine's brother Stephen go to school?
(a) At Elaine and Cordelia's school.
(b) At an arts academy.
(c) At a private advanced school.
(d) With a private tutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elaine find in her parents' cellar?

2. Who does Elaine think the angry woman is at first?

3. Does Elaine arrive at the gallery on time?

4. When Cordelia was young, what did she drink to avoid school?

5. What happens to the bridge over the ravine?

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