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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other activities must Ellen do on Sundays in her new home?
(a) Wash, and do her homework.
(b) Wash, and clean the dishes.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Scrub the floors and vaccum.

2. A drive through what part of town is necessary to reach the location where the funeral service is being held?
(a) Business.
(b) 'Colored'.
(c) Ritzy.
(d) Farm.

3. What organization does Ellen join to curb her boredom in the winter?
(a) The basketball team.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The show choir.
(d) The Girl Scouts.

4. What day does Ellen dread?
(a) When she turns 18.
(b) The one where Starletta forgets about her.
(c) The one where she must move back in with her father.
(d) The one where she must move in with her aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellen explain the item on her arm?

2. What is Ellen's father's name?

3. What does Ellen contemplate before leaving the bathroom to give everyone something to talk about?

4. When Ellen's father dies, what item does Ellen's grandmother burn?

5. When Ellen returns to school after the funeral, what does one teacher bluntly ask her?

(see the answer key)

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