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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 Eleanor do while on the phone with her mother in the first conversation in the book?
(a) She stops listening.
(b) She starts crying.
(c) She stops caring.
(d) She starts yelling.

2. What time is Eleanor supposed to meet Raymond to go and visit Sammy in the hospital?
(a) 5:45.
(b) 6:30.
(c) 5:30.
(d) 6:00.

3. What does Raymond say about Laura when Eleanor asks if Laura is his girlfriend?
(a) That she is not his type.
(b) That she has a lovely home.
(c) That she is stuck up.
(d) That she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.

4. Who calls Eleanor, interrupting her quiet reading time after she got a manicure?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Laura.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Her mother.

5. What sort of self pampering service does Eleanor decided to have done?
(a) A facial.
(b) A massage.
(c) A manicure.
(d) A pedicure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor try to un successfully purchase at the grocery store?

2. What human need does Eleanor think she might not need?

3. Where does Eleanor go with Raymond that she had not been in several years?

4. Where is Eleanor’s mother currently living?

5. What is the name of the salon Eleanor visits?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eleanor react to the inquiries posed by Raymond’s mother?

2. How does Eleanor react when she overhears her co-workers calling her “weird” and making fun of her?

3. What passion does Eleanor discover at the birthday party?

4. Why does Eleanor join Raymond for a drink at a bar?

5. What does Eleanor ask the bartender regarding his appearance?

6. What is Eleanor's experience with eating fast food?

7. Why does Eleanor leave the birthday party without Raymond?

8. Why does Eleanor re-read the book Jane Eye, particularly when she returns home from spying on the musician?

9. What does Eleanor’s mother say to her on the phone after Eleanor's manicure, and how does Eleanor react?

10. How does Eleanor react when the nail technician discovers the remains of a sandwich hidden in Eleanor’s purse?

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