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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ellen from working so hard in the fields?
(a) She gets sick.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She makes a lot of money.

2. How does Ellen respond to her grandmother's reply as to why her grandmother hates her?
(a) She replied that it was her mother's fault.
(b) She replied that she didn't do anything.
(c) She did not reply.
(d) She replied that she hated her, too.

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

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

5. What does Ellen vow to do if her grandmother starts to die?
(a) Let her die.
(b) Throw water on her.
(c) Wake her up.
(d) Run away.

6. 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) She said she didn't hate Ellen.
(d) Every time she looks at Ellen, she sees Ellen's mother.

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

8. Where does someone show up looking for Ellen?
(a) At school.
(b) At her grandmother's.
(c) At her foster parents'.
(d) At her home.

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

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

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

12. What does Ellen almost forget?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her book for school.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her eleventh birthday.

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

14. What does Ellen do a lot of while at her new temporary residence after her grandmother's death?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Partying.
(d) Eating.

15. How many guests does Ellen invite to her birthday party?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One.
(d) Zero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Roger's mother?

2. What activity always happens after church?

3. What does Ellen end up giving Nadine and Dora for Christmas?

4. What request does Ellen consider asking her new mama?

5. Who agrees to let Ellen live with them temporarily?

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