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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food item does Ellen take with her on her pony ride?
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Candy.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Bread.

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

3. Who is Dora?
(a) Ellen's sister.
(b) Ellen's aunt.
(c) Ellen's friend.
(d) Ellen's cousin.

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

5. Who visits Ellen at school after she is a ward of the state?
(a) No one.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen do when her mother goes to bed?

2. How does Ellen feel about her aunt?

3. What has Ellen's mother's absence forced Ellen to obtain for herself?

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

5. What type of sickness does Ellen say weakens her mother's heart?

(see the answer key)

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