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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What health care options does Ellen's grandmother shun?
(a) Her chiropractor.
(b) Her therapist.
(c) Her doctor and medicine.
(d) None.

2. When Ellen's father dies, what item does Ellen's grandmother burn?
(a) Ellen.
(b) A flag.
(c) His clothes.
(d) A picture.

3. What does Ellen vow to do if her grandmother starts to die?
(a) Wake her up.
(b) Let her die.
(c) Run away.
(d) Throw water on her.

4. In Chapter 11, what truths does Ellen begin to figure out?
(a) Her friendship with Starletta.
(b) Her family's secrets.
(c) Her relationship with Julia.
(d) Her grandmother's meanness.

5. What one materialistic possession is the only thing Ellen really cares about?
(a) Money.
(b) Cars.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Clothes.

6. What does Ellen tell her Aunt Nadine she would like for Christmas?
(a) White paper.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothes.

7. Who decides that Ellen must move in with a family member?
(a) Her father.
(b) Julia.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) The courts.

8. What is Dora and Nadine's response to Ellen's Christmas gift?
(a) Fake joy.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sorrow.

9. What does Stella do in the back of the bus?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Draw.
(c) Stella didn't ride the bus.
(d) Fool around with boys.

10. What activity always happens after church?
(a) Playing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Dancing.

11. Who leaves envelopes of money in Ellen's mailbox?
(a) Julia.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Starletta's family.
(d) Mavis.

12. How does Ellen respond to her grandmother's reply as to why her grandmother hates her?
(a) She did not reply.
(b) She replied that it was her mother's fault.
(c) She replied that she didn't do anything.
(d) She replied that she hated her, too.

13. Who comes looking for Ellen with money in hand asking her to come back to live with them?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) Her aunt.

14. After her grandmother's death, whose room does Ellen have to stay in at her new residence?
(a) The living room.
(b) Nadine's.
(c) Dora's.
(d) Nadine's old husband's.

15. What request does Ellen consider asking her new mama?
(a) If she can go out to eat.
(b) If she can have $100.
(c) If Starletta can stay over.
(d) If she can move out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Starletta fascinated with at Ellen's new home?

2. What does Ellen almost forget?

3. What does Ellen do a lot of while at her new temporary residence after her grandmother's death?

4. When Ellen does not go to her grandmother's funeral, what does Dora tell her?

5. Who does Ellen spy on upon her first visit to church?

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