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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Raymond ask Eleanor about her mother?
(a) Her age when Eleanor was born.
(b) If she gave birth to any boys.
(c) If her mother loved her.
(d) Why she started the fire.

2. What word does Eleanor question during her last conversation with her mother?
(a) Lies.
(b) Supportive.
(c) Joy.
(d) Love.

3. The day of the big show, Eleanor says that she is ready to be what?
(a) Die of happiness.
(b) Become a wife.
(c) Reborn.
(d) Fall in love.

4. What does Eleanor say she believes about all good girls?
(a) That they are kind.
(b) That they are sweet.
(c) That they wear dresses.
(d) That they love their mothers.

5. Who pays Eleanor an unexpected visit?
(a) Keith.
(b) Laura.
(c) Maria.
(d) Bob.

6. What question does Raymond work up the nerve to ask Eleanor after the funeral?
(a) Why she was still single.
(b) What happened to her face.
(c) If she would marry him.
(d) Why she did not get along with her mother.

7. Who sends Eleanor a basket of flowers while she is healing?
(a) Laura.
(b) Bob and her co-workers.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Sammy.

8. Of what does the raised platform on which Sammy is laid at his funeral remind Eleanor?
(a) An airport conveyor belt.
(b) A railroad track.
(c) An escalator.
(d) The supermarket checkout at Tesco.

9. What does Eleanor say about her mother?
(a) That she is a bad person.
(b) That she is a generous person.
(c) That she is a supportive person.
(d) That she is a kind person.

10. What does Eleanor’s mother call her during this phone call?
(a) A pointless waste of human tissue.
(b) A lying young woman.
(c) A beautiful woman.
(d) An ungrateful waste of time.

11. What did Raymond think Eleanor was the first time he met her?
(a) A beauty.
(b) A mad woman.
(c) A kind soul.
(d) A nutter.

12. At Sammy’s funeral, what does Eleanor wonder if he might be wearing?
(a) A blue sport coat.
(b) His nice red jumper.
(c) A fancy suit.
(d) White linens.

13. What does Eleanor say to Raymond at the coffee shop?
(a) That she loves him.
(b) That he saved her life.
(c) That he was her best friend.
(d) That she could no longer be friends with him.

14. What is Eleanor terrible at doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Acting.
(d) Accounting.

15. What emotion does Eleanor feel about her juvenile crush on the musician?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Shame.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor realize about the musician during the show?

2. Where does Eleanor go after her first therapy session ends?

3. Why does Eleanor mother’s say she is calling?

4. What does Eleanor finally reveal to Maria?

5. What does Eleanor experience during therapy, after admitting out loud that she is not like her mother?

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