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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 famous figure is coming to Toronto?
(a) Ingrid Bergman.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Roy Rogers.
(d) Princess Elizabeth.

2. As a young girl, what does Elaine collect?
(a) Silver paper from cigarette packs.
(b) Gum wrappers and paper clips.
(c) Pins with different colored heads.
(d) Stones from each place she visits.

3. How old is the narrator in the book's first flashback?
(a) A teenager.
(b) A toddler.
(c) A college grad.
(d) A baby.

4. What does Cordelia want to punish Elaine for, after the incident with the cold water?
(a) Being sick and weakly.
(b) Telling on the girls.
(c) Telling lies about religion.
(d) Not forgiving them.

5. What does Elaine try to do instead of playing with her friends?
(a) Volunteer work.
(b) Housework.
(c) Yardwork.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Elaine pray to instead of God?

2. What does Elaine keep in her pocket for protection?

3. What careers do Elaine's daughters have?

4. In the present time, where does the narrator look as she walks down the street?

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. What was Elaine's reaction to statues of the Virgin Mary she saw in churches?

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

3. How does Elaine describe her marriage to Jon?

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

5. How does Elaine feel when she first meets Cordelia?

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

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

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

9. What does the narrator think happens to things that are past?

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

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