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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What item spills out of Ellen's mother's purse?
(a) Her heart pills.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Bills.
(d) Money.

3. How does Ellen's father die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Murder.
(c) Natural Causes.
(d) Alcoholism.

4. Who does Ellen consider killing?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her friend.
(d) Her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen's father stroke while he is yelling at Ellen and her mother?

2. Who is Dora?

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

4. In Ellen's new life with her new mama, what runs smoothly?

5. What method does Ellen consider using to kill someone?

(see the answer key)

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