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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What item does Ellen's new mama never seem to run out of?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Money.
(d) Gas.

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

4. Ellen's family attends a funeral for what character?
(a) Ellen's grandmother.
(b) Ellen's father.
(c) Ellen's aunt.
(d) Ellen's mother.

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

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

7. How does Ellen explain the item on her arm?
(a) She fell.
(b) Her father gave it to her as a present.
(c) She bought it.
(d) Her father put the squeeze on her.

8. What is Ellen's father's name?
(a) Bill.
(b) Bryan.
(c) Tom.
(d) Joe.

9. From what room does Ellen observe her family from?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The kitchen.

10. What has Ellen's mother's absence forced Ellen to obtain for herself?
(a) Food.
(b) Friends.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Love.

11. How does Ellen feel about her aunt?
(a) She wanted to be just like her.
(b) She was indifferent to her.
(c) She disliked her.
(d) She loved her.

12. What on Ellen's arm draws attention from her teachers?
(a) A tattoo.
(b) A bruise.
(c) A cast.
(d) A scratch.

13. What present does Ellen give to Starletta's family?
(a) A spoon rest.
(b) A fish.
(c) A rooster.
(d) Money.

14. Which character gives Ellen the outfit to wear to the funeral?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Aunt Nadine.
(c) Her father.
(d) Dora.

15. 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) Her father.
(d) Starletta's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellen describe her family before the funeral?

2. Where does Ellen tell her father to sleep when he passes out in the bathroom?

3. Why does Ellen's mother's heart stop beating?

4. Who is Dora?

5. What well-to-do relative of Ellen's attends the funeral?

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