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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ellen's favorite slide to view on her microscope?
(a) Blood.
(b) Diatoms.
(c) Euglena.
(d) Paramecia.

2. Who is Julia?
(a) Starletta's mom.
(b) Ellen's grandmother.
(c) Ellen's aunt.
(d) The art teacher.

3. When Ellen does not go to her grandmother's funeral, what does Dora tell her?
(a) To stay out of her room.
(b) To have fun.
(c) To go.
(d) That she was selfish.

4. What does Stella do in the back of the bus?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Fool around with boys.
(c) Stella didn't ride the bus.
(d) Draw.

5. Who has a crush on Tom?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Stella.
(c) Starletta.
(d) Dora.

6. In what room does Ellen stay at her first temporary home?
(a) The living room.
(b) The attic.
(c) The garage.
(d) The guest room.

7. Who agrees to let Ellen live with them temporarily?
(a) The art teacher.
(b) Ellen's grandmother.
(c) Starletta's parents.
(d) Aunt Betsy.

8. Whose behavior is worse since the death of Ellen's mother?
(a) Ellen's grandmother's.
(b) Ellen's.
(c) Mavis'.
(d) Ellen's father's.

9. Whose classroom does Ellen pass on her way to music class?
(a) Dora's.
(b) Roger's.
(c) Stella's.
(d) Starletta's.

10. Who comes over right away when Ellen tells them her grandmother died?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Her new mama.
(c) Starletta.
(d) Nadine.

11. What item(s) does Ellen receive for Christmas?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Money.
(c) White paper.
(d) Too many to list.

12. What truth does Ellen's grandmother constantly remind Ellen of?
(a) That she loved her.
(b) That she was worthless.
(c) That she had her father's eyes.
(d) That she was adopted.

13. How does Ellen say her father dies?
(a) From a stroke.
(b) From a fall.
(c) From drinking too much.
(d) From the flu.

14. What is mandatory every Sunday in Ellen's new home?
(a) Church.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Nothing.

15. What activity always happens after church?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Playing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her grandmother's death, whose room does Ellen have to stay in at her new residence?

2. Why doesn't Ellen buy Nadine and Dora gifts for Christmas?

3. What does Ellen tell her hostess she is doing while at her residence after her grandmother's death?

4. What nickname does Ellen give her grandmother?

5. Who leaves envelopes of money in Ellen's mailbox?

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