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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 25, where does Petey's mother live, who watches Elizabeth's first show?

2. Where is the woman from who asks Elizabeth what grace she recites before meals?

3. In Chapter 33, how fast is Miss Frask typing Wakely's sermon?

4. What does Lebensmal smoke?

5. In Chapter 28, where does Madeline asks the city librarian to help her find an address?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harriet think when Madeline brings home a family tree project?

2. What does Elizabeth encourage Mad to do as soon as she can walk, and how does Mad take advantage of her mother's permission?

3. In Chapter 33, what questions does Francine Luftson have for Elizabeth, and what advice does Elizabeth give?

4. What is Elizabeth's job when she returns to Hastings?

5. What does Elizabeth look like for her first show in Chapter 25?

6. What complaints does Mrs. Mumford have about Madeline in Chatper 23?

7. How did the bishop at All Saints get money from the Parker Foundation?

8. In Chapter 29, what encouragement does Elizabeth give Mrs. Fillis?

9. How does Frask help Elizabeth and why?

10. What happens when Elizabeth sees Lebensmal in his office in Chapter 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Defamiliarization is a literary technique that presents common things in an unfamiliar or strange way. How does Garmus use defamiliarization when she describes the funeral from Six-Thirty's perspective? How does this use of defamiliarization allow readers to have a different perspective and see the funeral in a unique way?

Essay Topic 2

Phil Lebensmal is the executive producer at the television station. Why is he despised and why are so many people happy when he has a heart attack?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the Garmus use idioms in Lessons in Chemistry? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why do some idioms make sense to humans, but not Six-Thirty?

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