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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of employment does Starletta's parents do?
(a) They were shop owners.
(b) They were unemployed.
(c) They were lawyers.
(d) They were cotton pickers.

2. Who does Ellen stop speaking to?
(a) Trixie.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Starletta.

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

4. Who are Rudolph and Ellis?
(a) Ellen's friends.
(b) Ellen's uncles.
(c) Ellen's attorneys.
(d) Ellen's brothers.

5. What is Nadine's response to the drive through this part of town?
(a) She rolls up the window.
(b) She asks to stop for some coffee.
(c) She locks her doors.
(d) She did not have a response.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Ellen hope her pony would scare away?

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

3. From what room does Ellen observe her family from?

4. Who is Dora?

5. What writing tense does the author use to tell Ellen's story?

(see the answer key)

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