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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What entertainment activity does Ellen's father entertain his guests with on New Year's Eve?
(a) He beat Ellen.
(b) He fought one of his friends.
(c) He played the guitar for them.
(d) He danced for them.

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

4. Who is Dora?
(a) Ellen's sister.
(b) Ellen's friend.
(c) Ellen's aunt.
(d) Ellen's cousin.

5. What animal does Ellen hope her pony would scare away?
(a) Bears.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Mountain lions.

6. Who are Rudolph and Ellis?
(a) Ellen's attorneys.
(b) Ellen's brothers.
(c) Ellen's uncles.
(d) Ellen's friends.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Why does Ellen feel that her mother is better off in the hospital than at home?
(a) At the hospital her husband visits her.
(b) At the hospital she can hide.
(c) At the hospital her family loves her.
(d) At the hospital she is cared for.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What present does Ellen receive from Starletta's family?

2. What does Ellen's father sign over to his relatives?

3. What season does the funeral take place in?

4. Which character gives Ellen the outfit to wear to the funeral?

5. What is the pony's name that Ellen wants to ride?

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