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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Elaine go grocery shopping in Chapter 20?
(a) Costco.
(b) Piggly Wiggly.
(c) Walmart.
(d) East Harlem grocery store.

2. After Yvonne was arrested for selling heroin, where did Elaine spend two years?
(a) With her father.
(b) Mount Loretto.
(c) Foster care.
(d) With her grandmother.

3. What subway line does Elaine take to get to the Greenpoint YMCA?
(a) C train.
(b) D train.
(c) G train.
(d) A train.

4. Who helps Elaine get a room at the YMCA for ten nights in Chapter 25?
(a) Women's Prison Association.
(b) Lora.
(c) South Forty.
(d) Women's Parole Association.

5. Of the five Bartlett siblings, who is the only who hasn't gone to jail by Chapter 24?
(a) Donjuan.
(b) Sabrina.
(c) Kenneth.
(d) Michelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Elaine pay for rent in the first chapter?

2. Who is Cassandra and what does she give Elaine as a welcome home present?

3. Who in Elaine's family died of AIDS in 1992?

4. Who wears a different color wig every week in Part 2?

5. How many days does Elaine last in Apartment 13B before leaving the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Elaine see that she needs for Apartment 13B?

2. Describe Sabrina.

3. Describe Project Renewal.

4. Describe Elaine's mother.

5. What is Elaine's room at the YMCA like? Is it better than how she's been living?

6. What does Elaine choose to wear in Chapter 1.

7. What is the purpose of South Forty?

8. What is Danae like?

9. Describe Jamel's appearance when Elaine visits him at Riker's Island.

10. What is Alfonso Camacho's background? Do you think Alfonso Camacho is a good parole officer? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

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