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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item spills out of Ellen's mother's purse?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Bills.
(c) Her heart pills.
(d) Money.

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

3. The day after the funeral, where does Ellen prepare to go?
(a) School.
(b) The mall.
(c) The skating rink.
(d) Church.

4. What does Ellen's father stroke while he is yelling at Ellen and her mother?
(a) A cat.
(b) His arm.
(c) His beard.
(d) A pocketknife.

5. How long does Ellen's new roommate let her stay when Ellen runs away from her father's home?
(a) The weekend.
(b) Forever.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

6. Whom must Ellen share the pony with?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) No one.
(c) The other children in the house.
(d) Her father.

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

8. Where does Ellen celebrate her first Christmas after her mother's death?
(a) With her father.
(b) At her grandmother's house.
(c) Nowhere; Ellen stopped celebrating christmas.
(d) At Starletta's house.

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

10. What present does Ellen receive from Starletta's family?
(a) A toy.
(b) A sweater.
(c) A coupon.
(d) A saw.

11. Who is Ellen's friend that attends the funeral?
(a) Dora.
(b) Starletta.
(c) Trixie.
(d) Jim.

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

13. What hygiene task does Ellen let her new mama perform on her?
(a) Washing her hair.
(b) Clipping her nails.
(c) Brushing her teeth.
(d) Nothing.

14. How does Ellen respond to the blunt question asked by a teacher?
(a) She ran and hid in a closet.
(b) She told her the truth.
(c) She walked away.
(d) She slapped her.

15. What season does the funeral take place in?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Ellen's father gone the day after the funeral?

2. What happens to Ellen when she eats the same thing as her friend's family?

3. Who takes Ellen into town for a new coat?

4. How does Ellen explain the item on her arm?

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

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