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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. What does Ellen's friend's family sometimes eat?
(a) Snow.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Nothing.
2. What food item does Ellen take with her on her pony ride?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) Bread.
(d) Candy.
3. How many siblings does Ellen have at her new mother's house?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 5.
4. From what room does Ellen observe her family from?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The bedroom.
5. What is Nadine's response to the drive through this part of town?
(a) She rolls up the window.
(b) She did not have a response.
(c) She locks her doors.
(d) She asks to stop for some coffee.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Ellen's new life with her new mama, what runs smoothly?
2. Where does Ellen celebrate her first Christmas after her mother's death?
3. How does Ellen feel about her aunt?
4. Why does Ellen refuse to play with Starletta's toys?
5. What on Ellen's arm draws attention from her teachers?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Ellen's obsessive side shown in Chapter 6?
2. How can a reader tell that Ellen may harbor some prejudices toward African American people?
3. In what way does Ellen use reading?
4. How is Ellen's grandmother's removal of Ellen's mother's clothes symbolic to the story?
5. In what ways does the author indicate that Ellen's father killed Ellen's mother?
6. At the funeral, why does Ellen avoid looking at her mother's grave?
7. In what ways does Ellen justify not telling anyone about the circumstances of her mother's death?
8. In what ways has Ellen's mother's family shown that they do not care if Ellen is being neglected?
9. Why does Ellen have to make sure that she retrieves the envelope of money from the mailbox before her father can get to it?
10. How is Ellen wearing her mother's clothes symbolic to the story?
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