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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Dora and Nadine attend church?
(a) Fridays.
(b) On holidays.
(c) Wednesdays.
(d) Sundays.

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

3. Who helps Ellen with her work in the fields?
(a) No one.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Mavis.

4. What one materialistic possession is the only thing Ellen really cares about?
(a) Cars.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Money.

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

6. What incentive does someone offer Ellen when they show up looking for her?
(a) Money.
(b) Candy.
(c) A Family.
(d) Flowers.

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

8. What does Ellen change her last name to?
(a) Williams.
(b) Smith.
(c) Foster.
(d) Jones.

9. What does Ellen's grandmother vow to Ellen?
(a) That she would always take care of Ellen.
(b) That Ellen would never stop paying for her mother's death.
(c) That she would kill Ellen.
(d) That Ellen would have to kill her.

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

11. Where are Julia and Roy originally from?
(a) The South.
(b) The Midwest.
(c) The Northeast.
(d) The West.

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

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

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

15. What does Julia encourage Ellen to do?
(a) Murder her father.
(b) Let it all hang out.
(c) Hug Starletta.
(d) Join Girl Scouts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After her grandmothers death, how does Ellen decide to treat her new residence?

3. What truth does Ellen's grandmother constantly remind Ellen of?

4. Who comes looking for Ellen with money in hand asking her to come back to live with them?

5. What is Julia as a child?

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