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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Charna ask Elaine to go?
(a) To the back office.
(b) Outside.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) To a corner deli.

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

3. What is different about Elaine's sixth grade school?
(a) The boys and girls aren't separate.
(b) The school lets students direct their own learning.
(c) There is no playground.
(d) Elaine isn't in a class with Carol anymore.

4. What does Cordelia do after she runs away from home?
(a) Gets married to one of Elaine's classmates.
(b) Gets a job on a cruise ship.
(c) Joins the Stratford Shakespearean festival.
(d) Starts sitting in on classes at Elaine's college.

5. What does Elaine find in her parents' cellar?
(a) Her flowered hat.
(b) A letter from Cordelia.
(c) Her cat's eye marble.
(d) A letter from Stephen.

6. How does Cordelia feel when Elaine insults her?
(a) Challenged.
(b) Proud.
(c) Hurt.
(d) Amused.

7. In the play Cordelia is in, what is the cabbage supposed to be?
(a) A basketball.
(b) A baby.
(c) An old toy.
(d) A severed head.

8. What does Elaine tell Jon, when he accuses her of still sleeping with other men?
(a) That she isn't attractive to anyone else.
(b) That she doesn't want anyone else.
(c) That she doesn't have time.
(d) That she has forgotten how to love anyone.

9. What does Elaine do when Jon first takes her out for a beer?
(a) Screams.
(b) Cries.
(c) Is silent.
(d) Faints.

10. What does Charna say that the attendees at the art retrospective feel about Elaine?
(a) Annoyance.
(b) Pride.
(c) Grief.
(d) Jealousy.

11. What type of clothes does Elaine wear in college?
(a) Black turtlenecks and jeans.
(b) Short skirts and revealing tops.
(c) T-shirts and a long, leather jacket.
(d) White flowing dresses.

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

13. How does Josef begin to treat Elaine?
(a) He tells her how to dress and wear her hair.
(b) He is jealous, follows her, and threatens her.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He constantly apologizes and acts weak.

14. What artists are represented at Elaine's first art show?
(a) Outsider artists.
(b) Only Elaine.
(c) All artists from Elaine's art class.
(d) All women artists.

15. Who do Cordelia and Elaine make a game of making fun of in tenth grade?
(a) The Smeaths.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Carol and Grace.
(d) Tenth grade boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Hrbik say Elaine's first nude female drawing from a live model looks like?

2. Who killed Stephen?

3. Where does Elaine go to meet her ex-husband?

4. What happens to the bridge over the ravine?

5. What does Elaine do at the studio, after the art retrospective?

(see the answer keys)

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