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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Ellen refuse to play with Starletta's toys?
(a) Starletta was mean.
(b) Starletta did not have any toys.
(c) Starletta was dirty.
(d) Starletta was selfish.

3. What happens to Ellen when she eats the same thing as her friend's family?
(a) She got sick.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She wanted more.
(d) Her father slapped her.

4. Before the end of the service, but after the fight with Ellen's father, what does this well-to-do relative do?
(a) Kidnaps Ellen.
(b) Slaps Ellen.
(c) Slaps Ellen's father.
(d) Leaves the service.

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

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

7. What happens to Ellen's mother's clothes?
(a) Ellen's grandmother took them away.
(b) Ellen's father burned them.
(c) Ellen donated them to charity.
(d) Ellen outgrew them.

8. What is the pony's name that Ellen wants to ride?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Happy.
(c) Dolphin.
(d) Bullet.

9. How long is Ellen's father gone the day after the funeral?
(a) About 2 hours.
(b) About 24 hours.
(c) About 48 hours.
(d) Her father does not leave after the funeral.

10. What entertainment activity does Ellen's father entertain his guests with on New Year's Eve?
(a) He danced for them.
(b) He played the guitar for them.
(c) He beat Ellen.
(d) He fought one of his friends.

11. 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.

12. What well-to-do relative of Ellen's attends the funeral?
(a) Her maternal grandmother.
(b) Her paternal grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her uncle.

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

14. How many siblings does Ellen have at her new mother's house?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 0.

15. Why does Ellen wear her coat to bed?
(a) She was too tired to take her coat off.
(b) She only had on her coat.
(c) She didn't want to touch the covers.
(d) She was cold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name does the well-to-do relative call Ellen's father?

3. What object does Ellen spy in one yard that she would like to have?

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

5. How does Ellen feel about her aunt?

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