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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. How did Elaine feel about coming to her art retrospective?
(a) She wanted to go, but only stay for one day.
(b) She was thrilled and couldn't wait to leave.
(c) She didn't want to go.
(d) She was excited about going but worried about the expense.

2. What does Elaine keep in her pocket for protection?
(a) A fly trapped in amber.
(b) A polished stone.
(c) A cat's eye marble.
(d) A wilted daisy.

3. Elaine thinks that others consider people in her profession to be:
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Bossy.
(d) Snobbish.

4. What does the narrator compare time to?
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Earth.

5. What adjective best describes the narrator and Cordelia on the streetcar?
(a) Helpful.
(b) Critical.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Elaine want to look at her paintings?

2. What relationship does Stephen have to the narrator?

3. Where do the girls stare at Elaine from as she walks home from school?

4. What does Elaine try to do instead of playing with her friends?

5. What do the girls put over Elaine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What makes Elaine feel out of place when she first goes to the art exhibit?

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

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

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

9. Why is Cordelia in the rest home?

10. What view did Elaine have of Toronto as a child?

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