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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 movie does Eleanor’s mother say the residents elected to watch for movie night?
(a) Shawshank Redemption.
(b) Sex and the City 2.
(c) Pretty Woman.
(d) Titanic.

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

3. What does Eleanor name her cat?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Glen.
(d) Mother.

4. Where does Eleanor say was the one place she could relax during her childhood, before the fire?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) The library.
(c) Outside.
(d) School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the horrible night at the concert, what does Eleanor think is incomprehensible?

2. Of what does Raymond say Eleanor is a creature of?

3. How does Eleanor reply when Raymond opens her door and says, “Jesus Christ!"

4. Where does the family gather after Sammy’s funeral?

5. What does Eleanor see on her way to work, after meeting with Raymond for lunch, that she thinks is so funny?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eleanor discover about her mother and why is this news important?

2. Why does Eleanor decide to tell Raymond about Marianne and the fire?

3. In what ways does Eleanor seem like a stronger person by the end of the novel?

4. What does Raymond bring Eleanor as a “surprise” and how does Eleanor react?

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

6. What does Eleanor say about therapy and her healing at the end of the novel?

7. What sort of relationship does Eleanor have to her cat Glen and why is this significant?

8. How does Eleanor respond when she unexpectedly runs into Laura?

9. What does Raymond do for Eleanor, after her alcohol binge, that is so kind?

10. What does Eleanor remember about Marianne, while she is talking with Raymond in the cafe?

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