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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cordelia digging a hole for?
(a) A racetrack.
(b) A clubhouse.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) A dollhouse.

2. Why does Elaine stop reciting the prayers at church?
(a) Because she hates Cordelia's God.
(b) Because she's in too much pain.
(c) Because she can't forgive Mrs. Smeath.
(d) Because she can't remember the words to the prayers.

3. What do Elaine's friends tell her about their bullying?
(a) That they are bigger and stronger and she must obey.
(b) That they are smarter and can outwit her.
(c) That they are trying to help her improve herself.
(d) That they are preparing her for the real world.

4. Who would the narrator and Cordelia analyze on the streetcars?
(a) Old ladies.
(b) Pedestrians.
(c) Drivers.
(d) Children.

5. How old is the narrator in the book's first flashback?
(a) A college grad.
(b) A baby.
(c) A toddler.
(d) A teenager.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two women Elaine hears talking about her at the Smeath house call her?

2. What does Cordelia do after Elaine is sick from being in the cold water?

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

4. Why does Elaine think Carol is a sissy?

5. What relationship does Cordelia have to the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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