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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Eleanor Oliphant?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 35.
(d) 27.

2. In what department does Eleanor work?
(a) Accounts receivable.
(b) Human Resources.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Management.

3. Who visits Eleanor at her apartment for a regular visit in Chapter 6?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her social worker.
(c) The musician.
(d) Her mother.

4. What does Eleanor do while on the phone with her mother in the first conversation in the book?
(a) She starts crying.
(b) She stops listening.
(c) She starts yelling.
(d) She stops caring.

5. What kind of tea does Eleanor make properly while she is at work?
(a) Ginger tea.
(b) Rooibos tea.
(c) Darjeeling tea.
(d) Earl Grey tea.

6. Why is Eleanor unable to attend the musician’s concert?
(a) Because it got cancelled.
(b) Because she got sick.
(c) Because it is sold out.
(d) Because it is the wrong date.

7. Who initially asks Eleanor to dance at the birthday party?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Keith.
(c) No one.
(d) Sammy.

8. Who calls Eleanor, interrupting her quiet reading time after she got a manicure?
(a) Laura.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Her mother.

9. Who does Eleanor see dancing with Raymond at the birthday party?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Laura.
(c) Kendra.
(d) Jenny.

10. What is the name of the elderly man whom Eleanor and Raymond saved?
(a) Frank.
(b) George Michael.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Sammy.

11. What does Eleanor suggest is a good way to pass the time when one is alone?
(a) Day dreaming.
(b) Singing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Self-loathing.

12. What does Eleanor hear her co-workers planning in Chapter 11?
(a) A baby shower.
(b) A wedding shower.
(c) The Christmas party.
(d) Bob's birthday party.

13. What does Raymond bring Laura as a gift for hosting the party?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Wine.
(d) Flowers.

14. Whose voice does Eleanor hear hissing in her head when she tries to sleep the night after the concert attempt?
(a) Raymond's.
(b) Sammy's.
(c) Marianne's.
(d) Her mother's.

15. What was the only gift that Eleanor remembers receiving?
(a) A stuffed teddy bear.
(b) A box of chocolates.
(c) A sterling silver bracelet.
(d) A dozen roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor think is a kind of strange mating ritual?

2. What is the topic of the book Eleanor chooses to read when she settles in at home, after visiting Sammy in the hospital?

3. What does Eleanor normally drink on a Sunday night?

4. What kind of shoes is Eleanor wearing when she meets Raymond’s mother?

5. Where does Eleanor go with Raymond that she had not been in several years?

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