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

2. Where does Mrs. Smeath ask Elaine to go with her family?
(a) Church.
(b) A picnic.
(c) A play.
(d) A party.

3. What store does Elaine go to?
(a) Simpson's Department Store.
(b) Barbie's Candy Store.
(c) Kitty's Kite Shop.
(d) Johnson's Hardware.

4. What do the girls put over Elaine?
(a) Boards.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Palm leaves.
(d) Rocks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cordelia want to punish Elaine for, after the incident with the cold water?

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

3. What famous figure is coming to Toronto?

4. What starts to happen to Elaine when her family is on its summer trip?

5. What adjective did people use to describe Toronto in the past?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Elaine describe her marriage to Jon?

3. What is Elaine's opinion of Susie, in her art class?

4. Why is Cordelia in the rest home?

5. What does the narrator imagine Cordelia inside of?

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

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

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

9. What is Stephen worried about, when Elaine goes to high school?

10. Describe how Stephen dies.

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