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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What store does Elaine go to?
(a) Simpson's Department Store.
(b) Barbie's Candy Store.
(c) Johnson's Hardware.
(d) Kitty's Kite Shop.

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

3. When Elaine dreams of Toronto, where is she?
(a) At home.
(b) In the sewers.
(c) On the bus.
(d) Lost.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elaine's mother tell her to do?

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

3. What word does Elaine use to describe her profession?

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

5. What is Ben's advice to Elaine about going to the art retrospective?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elaine feel when she attributes her feelings to Cordelia, instead of to herself?

2. What makes Elaine feel out of place when she first goes to the art exhibit?

3. How does Elaine react to the other girls' bullying?

4. What does Elaine think of Ben when she first meets him?

5. How does Elaine feel when she sees her old school doesn't exist anymore?

6. How does Elaine feel toward her ex-husband when she meets him again?

7. How does Elaine think of killing herself?

8. What is the major element of her life that Elaine comes to terms with at the end of the novel?

9. How does Cordelia act when Elaine's father comes to check on the girls watching the parade?

10. What gives Elaine a reprieve from the other girls' tormenting?

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