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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Think of Pretty Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book is Elizabeth reading when she is in the infirmary?
(a) Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea.
(b) Margaret Atwood's Surfacing.
(c) Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar.
(d) Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own.

2. How does Elizabeth react to her mother's outrage?
(a) She calls her father and says she's living with him for awhile.
(b) She hangs up on her.
(c) She packs her bags to go on a cross-country road trip.
(d) She wonders who died and left her in charge.

3. What does Elizabeth have to give up in order to be "shipped to camp" that summer?
(a) The money she had saved for a car.
(b) A trip to Boston.
(c) Her violin.
(d) Bruce Springsteen tickets.

4. What happens in the world simultaneously when Elizabeth wakes up in blood?
(a) Kurt Cobain from Nirvana kills himself.
(b) The stock market crashes 508 points.
(c) The World Trade Center is bombed.
(d) Iranian hostages hijack an American plane.

5. Which television show wants her to come on as a guest?
(a) Phil Donahue.
(b) Jerry Springer.
(c) Sally Jesse Raphael.
(d) Oprah!

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elizabeth think she tried her first overdose?

2. Where does Rafe plan to return after his graduation?

3. Which of these is NOT a book that Elizabeth is taking with her?

4. What are Elizabeth's main symptoms in Stillman?

5. Elizabeth's dad disappears at the end of her _______ year.

(see the answer key)

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