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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Ellen's new mama never seem to run out of?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Gas.
(d) Money.

2. When Ellen returns to school after the funeral, what does one teacher bluntly ask her?
(a) Where had she been.
(b) Where her father was.
(c) Why was she wearing so many clothes.
(d) How her mother died.

3. What does Ellen do when her mother goes to bed?
(a) Cried.
(b) Called the police.
(c) Went to bed with her.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who does Ellen stop speaking to?
(a) Starletta.
(b) Trixie.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her father.

5. Who takes Ellen into town for a new coat?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Starletta's father.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ellen tell the teacher she wants to live with when the teacher asks Ellen to call someone to pick her up?

2. Who are Stella, Frances, and Jo Jo?

3. What does Ellen use reading for?

4. What happens to Ellen when she eats the same thing as her friend's family?

5. Who is Ellen's friend that attends the funeral?

(see the answer key)

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