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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 observe during lunch that both bothers and brings her joy?
(a) A baby crying.
(b) A young couple on a date.
(c) A mother scolding her child.
(d) A child screaming.

2. What is Eleanor learning to like and to trust?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her own voice.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her job.

3. How long had Eleanor been out on her medical leave?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. What exercise does Maria have Eleanor try at the end of her first therapy session?
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) The empty-chair exercise.
(c) Play therapy.
(d) Regression.

5. Where does Eleanor go after her first therapy session ends?
(a) To see Raymond.
(b) To her apartment.
(c) The pub.
(d) Her office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre of music does Eleanor decide she dislikes?

2. What does Raymond prepare for Eleanor to help her feel better and get over her hangover?

3. What emotion does Eleanor feel about her juvenile crush on the musician?

4. At Sammy’s funeral, what does Eleanor wonder if he might be wearing?

5. What does Eleanor drink to take her pain away when she wakes up after her horrible night at the concert venue?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eleanor first react to her therapist, Maria Temple, and does her reaction change?

2. What does Eleanor tell Maria that she fears most?

3. What does Eleanor call her mother when speaking to Raymond at the end of the novel, and why does she use this term?

4. What happens the day of the musician’s big show that leads Eleanor to believe it was a bad omen and why?

5. What does Eleanor say she is ready to do the day of the big concert?

6. How do Raymond and Eleanor bond after Sammy's funeral?

7. What does Eleanor say about social interaction, while she is shopping in the department store?

8. Why does Eleanor feel so much pressure to find a suitable boyfriend, according to the phone conversation with her mother?

9. What does Maria say to comfort Eleanor after she reveals what happened in the fire?

10. Why does Eleanor decide to accept Raymond's help?

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