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

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

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

4. What famous figure is coming to Toronto?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Ingrid Bergman.
(c) Princess Elizabeth.
(d) Roy Rogers.

5. How does Elaine feel about the boys?
(a) As if they are out to get her.
(b) As if they are on her side.
(c) As if she wants to hide from them.
(d) As if they are always watching her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective did people use to describe Toronto in the past?

2. What does Elaine buy for the art exhibit?

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

4. What are the girls playing when they put Elaine into the hole?

5. Does Elaine color differently with her friends than with her brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the art retrospective, what does Elaine wish she could ask Cordelia?

3. How does Elaine think of killing herself?

4. How does Elaine feel about boys in eleventh grade?

5. What does Elaine imagine will happen the day a famous figure is scheduled to come down her street in Toronto?

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

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

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

9. How are the paintings at the gallery organized when Elaine arrives at the art retrospective?

10. How does Elaine feel about the woman who models for her first nude female drawing?

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