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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What careers do Elaine's daughters have?
(a) Accountant and doctor.
(b) Librarian and scientist.
(c) Architect and dentist.
(d) Teacher and lawyer.

2. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?
(a) Getting a postcard.
(b) Finding an old photograph of the two of them together.
(c) Coming back to the town where they knew each other.
(d) Running across a mutual friend.

3. What relationship does Stephen have to the narrator?
(a) Brother.
(b) Son.
(c) Father.
(d) Uncle.

4. How does Elaine feel about girlish things like braids and purses?
(a) She thinks they're childish.
(b) She thinks they're ugly.
(c) She begins to want them.
(d) She hates them.

5. How does Elaine feel about Grace Smeath's mother?
(a) She dislikes her and avoids her.
(b) She feels badly for her.
(c) She feels apologetic towar her.
(d) She loves her cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elaine think Carol is a sissy?

2. The narrator thinks of time as having a what?

3. Where does Elaine's family go for vacation?

4. What adjective did people use to describe Toronto in the past?

5. Why doesn't Elaine want to look at her paintings?

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