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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What has someone drawn on the poster for her art exhibit that Elaine sees?
(a) The word "Run!"
(b) A mustache.
(c) A stick figure.
(d) An atomic explosion.
2. Does Elaine color differently with her friends than with her brother?
(a) Yes, because she is getting older and better at coloring.
(b) Yes, she colors differently in the world of girls.
(c) No, she colors exactly the same.
(d) No, but she colors more with the girls.
3. What do the girls put over Elaine?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Palm leaves.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Boards.
4. What does Elaine buy for the art exhibit?
(a) New gloves.
(b) A new dress.
(c) New shoes.
(d) A new purse.
5. Why doesn't Elaine want to look at her paintings?
(a) She finds mistakes and wants to start over.
(b) She thinks they'll influence her newer paintings.
(c) She is afraid of the angry feelings they bring up.
(d) They make her too sad about her past losses.
6. Where does Elaine's family go for vacation?
(a) To the seashore.
(b) To the woods.
(c) To the lake.
(d) To the city.
7. What do Elaine's friends tell her about their bullying?
(a) That they are preparing her for the real world.
(b) That they are bigger and stronger and she must obey.
(c) That they are trying to help her improve herself.
(d) That they are smarter and can outwit her.
8. In the present time, where does the narrator look as she walks down the street?
(a) Into all the shop windows.
(b) At the sidewalk.
(c) Up at the sky.
(d) At the women's clothes and hair.
9. Where does Mrs. Smeath ask Elaine to go with her family?
(a) Church.
(b) A picnic.
(c) A party.
(d) A play.
10. What does Cordelia warn that nightshade berries do?
(a) Kill you with a drop of juice.
(b) Make a stain that won't come out.
(c) Turn you into a zombie.
(d) Give you nightmares.
11. Where do Elaine and her friends watch the Christmas parade from?
(a) The top of a double-decker bus.
(b) Grace's mother's car.
(c) The building where her father works.
(d) The roof of the school.
12. What does Elaine stop to eat downtown at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) A bagel.
(b) Doughnuts.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) Pizza.
13. Who does Elaine pray to instead of God?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) The Holy Ghost.
(c) Saint Bernadette.
(d) The baby Jesus.
14. What does the narrator say she's not ready to give up, even at fifty, though it's a nuisance?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Memory.
(d) Hope.
15. Who does Elaine see on the escalator after she has her drink?
(a) An old school friend and her husband.
(b) A dog running around without an owner.
(c) A child who can't find his mother.
(d) A drunk woman asking for money.
Short Answer Questions
1. What makes the narrator remember Cordelia?
2. What starts to happen to Elaine when her family is on its summer trip?
3. Elaine thinks that others consider people in her profession to be:
4. What careers do Elaine's daughters have?
5. How does Elaine feel about girlish things like braids and purses?
This section contains 544 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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