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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 grandmother's response when Ellen asks her grandmother why she hates her?
(a) Every time she looks at Ellen, she sees her husband.
(b) Every time she looks at Ellen, she sees Ellen's father.
(c) Every time she looks at Ellen, she sees Ellen's mother.
(d) She said she didn't hate Ellen.

2. Why doesn't Jo Jo have to participate in the after-church activity?
(a) She doesn't want to participate.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has dance lessons.

3. Who is keeping tabs on Ellen and her father for Ellen's grandmother?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Starletta's family.
(c) Julia and Roy.
(d) Ellis and Rudolph.

4. Who comes looking for Ellen with money in hand asking her to come back to live with them?
(a) Her teacher.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her father.

5. When Ellen's father dies, what item does Ellen's grandmother burn?
(a) A picture.
(b) Ellen.
(c) His clothes.
(d) A flag.

6. What is the only question Ellen's grandmother asks Ellen on the drive to her house?
(a) If Ellen was okay.
(b) When school started.
(c) What Ellen wanted for dinner.
(d) What time was it.

7. What is Dora and Nadine's response to Ellen's Christmas gift?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fake joy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sorrow.

8. What does Dora still believe in?
(a) Santa.
(b) Miracles.
(c) The Easter Bunny.
(d) The Tooth Fairy.

9. What room does Ellen stay in at her grandmother's house?
(a) Her mother's old room.
(b) The basement.
(c) None, she slept on the floor.
(d) Her grandmother's room.

10. What do Ellen and Starletta keep a list of?
(a) They kept a list of boys they liked.
(b) They kept a list of what they needed to tell each other.
(c) They kept a list of the times Ellen stayed over.
(d) They kept a list of girls they hated.

11. After her grandmothers death, how does Ellen decide to treat her new residence?
(a) Like a vacation.
(b) Like a pig sty.
(c) Like a hotel.
(d) Like home.

12. What nickname does Ellen give her grandmother?
(a) Witch.
(b) Honey.
(c) Old Lady.
(d) Gramma.

13. In Chapter 11, what truths does Ellen begin to figure out?
(a) Her family's secrets.
(b) Her grandmother's meanness.
(c) Her friendship with Starletta.
(d) Her relationship with Julia.

14. Who does Ellen call to report her grandmother's death?
(a) Her father.
(b) The funeral home.
(c) Aunt Nadine.
(d) Aunt Betsy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows up and stops the person with the money from harassing Ellen?

2. What incentive does someone offer Ellen when they show up looking for her?

3. What does Ellen almost forget?

4. What does Stella do in the back of the bus?

5. What does Ellen discover in Dora's underwear drawer?

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