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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Ellen hope her pony would scare away?
(a) Mountain lions.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Bears.

2. When Ellen returns to school after the funeral, what does one teacher bluntly ask her?
(a) Where had she been.
(b) How her mother died.
(c) Why was she wearing so many clothes.
(d) Where her father was.

3. Who shows up and stops the person with the money from harassing Ellen?
(a) Her father.
(b) The police.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

4. Who does Ellen tell the teacher she wants to live with when the teacher asks Ellen to call someone to pick her up?
(a) Aunt Betsy.
(b) Aunt Nadine.
(c) Starletta's family.
(d) Her father.

5. What is left in Ellen's mailbox each month?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Bills.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does the funeral take place in?

2. Why doesn't Ellen tell anyone about her problems with her father?

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

4. Where does Ellen celebrate her first Christmas after her mother's death?

5. What is Nadine's response to the drive through this part of town?

(see the answer key)

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