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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other activities must Ellen do on Sundays in her new home?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Wash, and clean the dishes.
(c) Wash, and do her homework.
(d) Scrub the floors and vaccum.

2. What organization does Ellen join to curb her boredom in the winter?
(a) The basketball team.
(b) The Girl Scouts.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The show choir.

3. What does Ellen's father sign over to his relatives?
(a) The custody of Ellen.
(b) The family car.
(c) The family farm.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who visits Ellen at school after she is a ward of the state?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) No one.

5. How does Ellen describe her family before the funeral?
(a) As sad.
(b) As happy.
(c) As nice.
(d) As phonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellen honor her mother?

2. What make-up item does Ellen contemplate wearing to her mother's funeral?

3. How does Ellen refer to her large head?

4. What writing tense does the author use to tell Ellen's story?

5. Who agrees to let Ellen live with them temporarily?

(see the answer key)

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