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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ellen honor her mother?
(a) Ellen wore her clothes.
(b) Ellen made a shrine.
(c) Ellen killed her father.
(d) Ellen painted a picture.

2. What does Ellen use reading for?
(a) To gain knowledge.
(b) A way to make people jealous.
(c) To test her friends.
(d) An escape from her past life.

3. Where does Ellen tell her father to sleep when he passes out in the bathroom?
(a) In the bathroom.
(b) In the bed.
(c) In his automobile.
(d) Outside.

4. What is Nadine's response to the drive through this part of town?
(a) She did not have a response.
(b) She rolls up the window.
(c) She locks her doors.
(d) She asks to stop for some coffee.

5. Who takes Ellen into town for a new coat?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Starletta's father.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellen refuse to play with Starletta's toys?

2. How does Ellen explain the item on her arm?

3. What item spills out of Ellen's mother's purse?

4. Who are Rudolph and Ellis?

5. What method does Ellen consider using to kill someone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the fun and leisure activities Ellen is granted in her new home?

2. Up to Chapter 7, what are some of the ways Ellen covers up for her father?

3. Why does Ellen feel that her relatives are phonies?

4. Why does Ellen feel that she is better off being a ward of the county rather than being in the custody of her father?

5. The author never indicates the time period of when the events in Ellen's life are taking place. How can one tell from the context about clues that Ellen's story happens in fairly modern times?

6. What event leads to Ellen's removal from her father's care?

7. In what ways does the author indicate that Ellen's father killed Ellen's mother?

8. In Chapter 2, how does Ellen hint at favoritism towards her mother's family?

9. In Chapter 1, Ellen contemplates killing someone. How does Ellen plan to kill this person and respond to the death if she actually goes through with it?

10. How is the pony's name, Dolphin, a symbol of freedom to Ellen?

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