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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. At the store, what does someone try to steal from Elaine?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her watch.
(c) Her wallet.
(d) Her package.

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

3. Who would the narrator and Cordelia analyze on the streetcars?
(a) Pedestrians.
(b) Old ladies.
(c) Children.
(d) Drivers.

4. What word does Elaine use to describe her profession?
(a) Artist.
(b) Illustrator.
(c) Painter.
(d) Artiste.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of Elaine's favorite childhood games?

3. How does Elaine feel about the boys?

4. How did Elaine feel about coming to her art retrospective?

5. Who does Elaine pray to instead of God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Elaine's attitude about sleeping with her ex-husband, Jon?

2. What lie does Elaine tell to cover her suicide attempt, and why?

3. What do Elaine and Cordelia do at lunch time, when they first go to high school together?

4. How and why do Elaine's feelings for Mrs. Smeath change?

5. Describe how Stephen dies.

6. What does Elaine remember about her birthday after the incident with the hole?

7. How does Elaine describe her marriage to Jon?

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

9. While Elaine is dating both Josef and Jon, how does she feel about the two men?

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

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