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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What season does the funeral take place in?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

3. What is the weather like at the funeral service?
(a) It was rainy.
(b) It was sunny.
(c) It was foggy.
(d) It was cold.

4. What has Ellen's mother's absence forced Ellen to obtain for herself?
(a) Love.
(b) Friends.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

5. What does Ellen's father stroke while he is yelling at Ellen and her mother?
(a) His arm.
(b) A cat.
(c) A pocketknife.
(d) His beard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Ellen at school after she is a ward of the state?

2. Who is the main character in the story?

3. What is left in Ellen's mailbox each month?

4. What luxuries does Ellen have in her new life that did not exist in her old life?

5. What object does Ellen spy in one yard that she would like to have?

(see the answer key)

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