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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 is Ben's advice to Elaine about going to the art retrospective?
(a) He tells her not to go and instead take a holiday with him.
(b) He tells her to go because she'll enjoy it.
(c) He tells her not to go.
(d) He tells her to go and pretend she's having a good time.

2. How does Elaine feel about Grace Smeath's mother?
(a) She feels badly for her.
(b) She feels apologetic towar her.
(c) She loves her cooking.
(d) She dislikes her and avoids her.

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

4. In the present time, where does the narrator look as she walks down the street?
(a) At the women's clothes and hair.
(b) Up at the sky.
(c) At the sidewalk.
(d) Into all the shop windows.

5. What careers do Elaine's daughters have?
(a) Accountant and doctor.
(b) Architect and dentist.
(c) Teacher and lawyer.
(d) Librarian and scientist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Elaine know the Santa Claus in the parade is not the real Santa?

2. As a young girl, what does Elaine collect?

3. Does Elaine like memorizing psalms for Sunday School?

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

5. What do Elaine's friends say she's done wrong that makes them not speak to her at the Christmas parade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Elaine think of killing herself?

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

5. How does Elaine try to frighten Cordelia in tenth grade?

6. Describe how Elaine and Cordelia are different in biology class.

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

8. Who does Elaine believe she sees when she comes out of the cold water?

9. Describe Elaine's experience when the girls leave her in the hole.

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

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