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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 have to drink while she's at the store?
(a) A vodka sour.
(b) An herbal tea.
(c) A cappuccino.
(d) A milkshake.

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

3. What does John make for a living?
(a) Resin body parts for movies.
(b) Strange shaped bottles for soft drinks.
(c) Wrapping paper designs.
(d) Chairs shaped like ordinary objects.

4. What do the two women Elaine hears talking about her at the Smeath house call her?
(a) A wildcat.
(b) a poor beggar.
(c) An urchin.
(d) A heathen.

5. What does Cordelia warn that nightshade berries do?
(a) Kill you with a drop of juice.
(b) Turn you into a zombie.
(c) Make a stain that won't come out.
(d) Give you nightmares.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Elaine use to describe her profession?

2. Who offered Elaine a place to stay in Toronto?

3. How long does Elaine stay home after being in the cold water?

4. Who does Elaine think is telling her to die?

5. What relationship does Stephen have to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elaine's mother greet her after she comes out of the cold water?

2. What gives Elaine a reprieve from the other girls' tormenting?

3. What nightmares does Elaine have her senior year in high school?

4. How does Elaine feel about the women she talks to at the art retrospective?

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

6. What does Carol look like?

7. How does Elaine react to the other girls' bullying?

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

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

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

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