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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 do the girls make with weed flowers, nightshade berries, leaves, and horse chestnuts?
(a) A witches' brew.
(b) A painting.
(c) Pretend meals.
(d) Bouquets.

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

3. What adjective did people use to describe Toronto in the past?
(a) Homey.
(b) Old-fashioned.
(c) Hopping.
(d) Dull.

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

5. How did Elaine feel about coming to her art retrospective?
(a) She was thrilled and couldn't wait to leave.
(b) She didn't want to go.
(c) She was excited about going but worried about the expense.
(d) She wanted to go, but only stay for one day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What starts to happen to Elaine when her family is on its summer trip?

2. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?

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

4. Who does Elaine pray to instead of God?

5. Why does Elaine stop reciting the prayers at church?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elaine feel about Carol, Cordelia, and Grace when she sees them everyday after she starts sixth grade?

2. How does Elaine react to moving to Toronto when she is eight?

3. How does Elaine describe her marriage to Jon?

4. What is Elaine's attitude toward marriage while she is dating Josef?

5. In the present time what does Elaine think of Toronto?

6. Why doesn't Charna want Elaine to be in the gallery when people begin arriving for the art retrospective?

7. How does Elaine feel when she visits the new school?

8. How does Josef react to Susie's injury?

9. Describe how Stephen dies.

10. What is Elaine's opinion of Susie, in her art class?

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