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Olive, Again Quiz

Elizabeth Strout

This Study Guide consists of approximately 81 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Olive, Again.

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Labor

Motherless Child

Helped

Light

Exiles

The End of the Civil War Days

Heart

Friend

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

Styles

Quotes

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Olive, Again Quiz

Elizabeth Strout

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Take our free Olive, Again quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why did Margaret feel bad about Helen getting drunk and falling down the stairs? (from Exiles)

Margaret thought she should not have let Helen go upstairs.

She had misjudged Helen based on being rich.

She had been too obvious about disliking her.

She had given Helen too much to drink.

2.

What does Olive realize is the reason she went and sat with Andrea? (from The Poet)

Because she wanted to be the subject of a poem all along.

Because she was famous and Olive was lonely.

Because Andrea had known Henry.

Because she knew Andrea was also mourning someone at the time.

3.

Why did Jim say his childhood was unhappy? (from Exiles)

They were incredibly poor.

He had a poor relationship with his mother.

He was constantly handling the guilt of killing his father and blaming his brother.

He always wanted to escape from Maine.

4.

Why did Olive and Isabelle trade house keys? (from Friend)

So that Olive could spend time in Isabelle's much nicer apartment.

They wanted to visit whenever they wanted.

So that Olive could drop off groceries.

They were afraid of falling and being sent to the nursing home.

5.

When did Olive realize that Isabelle was honest? (from Friend)

When she admitted she wore adult diapers.

When she opened up about her relationship with her mom.

When she admitted she thought she was better than the women she worked with.

When she asked Olive if she could sit with her.

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