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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to stay the night at Starletta's house, what lie does Ellen tell Starletta's parents?
(a) That she was scared.
(b) That her father was drunk.
(c) That her house burned down.
(d) That she locked herself out.

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

3. What method does Ellen consider using to kill someone?
(a) A bottle of pills.
(b) A knife.
(c) A poisonous spider.
(d) A pillow.

4. What activity has become an escape for Ellen?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Playing computer games.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Reading.

5. Who is the only member of Starletta's family who can read?
(a) Starletta's dad.
(b) Starletta.
(c) Starletta's mom.
(d) No one.

6. What does Ellen think her father is?
(a) A hard worker.
(b) A friend.
(c) A nice guy.
(d) A mean monster.

7. How does Ellen honor her mother?
(a) Ellen painted a picture.
(b) Ellen killed her father.
(c) Ellen made a shrine.
(d) Ellen wore her clothes.

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

9. A drive through what part of town is necessary to reach the location where the funeral service is being held?
(a) Business.
(b) 'Colored'.
(c) Ritzy.
(d) Farm.

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

11. What writing tense does the author use to tell Ellen's story?
(a) Past tense.
(b) Past and the present tense.
(c) Present tense.
(d) Future tense.

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

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

14. Why doesn't Ellen tell anyone about her problems with her father?
(a) She was worried she'd get in trouble.
(b) She was scared and untrusting.
(c) She didn't care about her problems.
(d) She didn't have any problems.

15. What object does Ellen spy in one yard that she would like to have?
(a) An angel fountain.
(b) A pile of leaves.
(c) A gnome.
(d) A nice family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom must Ellen share the pony with?

2. What errand does Ellen enjoy partaking in with her new mama?

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

4. Why does Ellen feel that her mother is better off in the hospital than at home?

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

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