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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Ellen consider killing?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

3. What occupation does Aunt Nadine have?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A housewife.
(c) A food slicer demonstrator.
(d) A funeral director.

4. How does Ellen describe her family before the funeral?
(a) As nice.
(b) As happy.
(c) As sad.
(d) As phonies.

5. What luxuries does Ellen have in her new life that did not exist in her old life?
(a) Food, books and television.
(b) Books, parents and horses.
(c) Food, clothes and friends.
(d) Horses, parents and clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellen's father die?

2. Who is the main character in the story?

3. Whom must Ellen share the pony with?

4. Which character gives Ellen the outfit to wear to the funeral?

5. What item spills out of Ellen's mother's purse?

(see the answer key)

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