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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 color does Ellen say her father's hair is?
(a) Brown
(b) Grey
(c) Blonde
(d) Black

2. What color is Ellen's room?
(a) Pink
(b) Blue
(c) Cream and maroon
(d) Yellow

3. What is Skip's real first name?
(a) Charles
(b) Ellen doesn't know
(c) Darwin
(d) Edwin

4. What did Jonathan's father do for a living in New York City?
(a) He's a court baliff
(b) He's a lawyer
(c) He's a justice of the peace
(d) He's a police officer

5. What does Ellen break just before preparing to leave?
(a) A glass
(b) A porcelein bell
(c) A picture frame
(d) A pitcher

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellen cut the tag out of the dress she buys for Kate?

2. What does Kate say she's going to make Dr. Cohn for Christmas?

3. What is Kate's response to the opinion that her cancer might have been caused by her work in the dry cleaning shop?

4. How does Ellen make the trip back to Langhorne?

5. What color is Teresa's coat on the first morning she arrives at the Gulden house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George say when Ellen accuses him of doing nothing to help with Kate?

2. What does Teresa say about Kate's bathing?

3. What is Jonathan's relationship with his mother?

4. Describe the story about Ellen that appears in the Tribune.

5. What is Ellen's reaction to Jonathan's news when he calls her?

6. What is the "secret ingredient" Ellen adds to the chicken stock and what does her mother say about it?

7. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs when one of the women asks if George is taking time off.

8. What are Ellen's thoughts when she goes into her mother's room and sees that she's so emaciated.

9. What is Jules' advice about Ellen's decision to stay with her mother?

10. Describe Kate's role in the early days of her marriage to George.

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