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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What bad habit does Dora have?
(a) Peeing her pants.
(b) Picking her nose.
(c) Whining.
(d) Biting her nails.

3. How does Ellen describe her family before the funeral?
(a) As phonies.
(b) As sad.
(c) As nice.
(d) As happy.

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

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

6. What errand does Ellen enjoy partaking in with her new mama?
(a) Paying the water bill.
(b) Going to the grocery store.
(c) Pumping the gas for the car.
(d) Paying the electric bill.

7. 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.

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

9. How much money does Ellen offer Starletta's family to let her stay with them?
(a) $1.
(b) $25.
(c) $10.
(d) $100.

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

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

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

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

14. What type of employment does Starletta's parents do?
(a) They were lawyers.
(b) They were unemployed.
(c) They were cotton pickers.
(d) They were shop owners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What make-up item does Ellen contemplate wearing to her mother's funeral?

2. What on Ellen's arm draws attention from her teachers?

3. How does Ellen's father die?

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

5. What is left in Ellen's mailbox each month?

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