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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization does Ellen join to curb her boredom in the winter?
(a) The show choir.
(b) The basketball team.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The Girl Scouts.

2. Who does Ellen blame for her mother's death?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her aunt.

3. What name does the well-to-do relative call Ellen's father?
(a) A bastard.
(b) A snob.
(c) A failure.
(d) A drunk.

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

5. What type of sickness does Ellen say weakens her mother's heart?
(a) Mental.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Hate.
(d) Love.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who does Ellen plan on living with after her stay at Starletta's?
(a) Aunt Betsy.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Aunt Nadine.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the grave site, who does Ellen avoid looking at?

2. Where does Ellen hide on New Year's Day while she waits for her father and his friends to leave her house?

3. What luxuries does Ellen have in her new life that did not exist in her old life?

4. What bad habit does Dora have?

5. What food item does Ellen take with her on her pony ride?

(see the answer keys)

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