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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 does Elaine buy for the art exhibit?
(a) New gloves.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A new purse.
(d) New shoes.

2. What has someone drawn on the poster for her art exhibit that Elaine sees?
(a) A stick figure.
(b) A mustache.
(c) An atomic explosion.
(d) The word "Run!"

3. What starts to happen to Elaine when her family is on its summer trip?
(a) She starts getting dizzy.
(b) She starts falling asleep all the time.
(c) Her vision starts getting fuzzy.
(d) She starts having nightmares.

4. The narrator thinks of time as having a what?
(a) Spiral.
(b) Wave.
(c) Circle.
(d) Slope.

5. What does Elaine stop to eat downtown at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Doughnuts.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) Pizza.
(d) A bagel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cordelia do with Elaine's hat?

2. Does Elaine know about the interview?

3. At the store, what does someone try to steal from Elaine?

4. Who do the little girls from Elaine's memories remind her of?

5. What relationship does Cordelia have to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What habit does Elaine develop because of Cordelia's bullying?

2. What does the narrator think happens to things that are past?

3. How does Elaine react whenever someone asks her for money?

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

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

6. How does Elaine feel when she first meets Cordelia?

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

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

9. What does Carol tell all the other children about Elaine?

10. What is the result of Elaine's mother's miscarriage?

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