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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellen contemplate before leaving the bathroom to give everyone something to talk about?
(a) Padding her dress.
(b) Outing her father.
(c) Hugging her cousin.
(d) Hitting her aunt.

2. In Ellen's new life with her new mama, what runs smoothly?
(a) Her mother's heart.
(b) Her world.
(c) Her horse.
(d) Her car.

3. Why does Ellen's mother's heart stop beating?
(a) She overdosed on pills.
(b) She was scared.
(c) She was stabbed.
(d) Her heart never stopped beating.

4. What make-up item does Ellen contemplate wearing to her mother's funeral?
(a) Blush.
(b) Eye liner.
(c) Eye shadow.
(d) Lipstick.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Ellen feel that her mother is better off in the hospital than at home?

3. How does Ellen's father die?

4. What season does the funeral take place in?

5. What does Ellen use reading for?

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