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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. What does Ellen contemplate before leaving the bathroom to give everyone something to talk about?
(a) Hitting her aunt.
(b) Padding her dress.
(c) Hugging her cousin.
(d) Outing her father.

2. What present does Ellen receive from Starletta's family?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A saw.
(c) A toy.
(d) A coupon.

3. What color is the outfit Ellen is wearing to the funeral?
(a) Blue-checked.
(b) Blue plaid.
(c) Red-checked.
(d) Red plaid.

4. What well-to-do relative of Ellen's attends the funeral?
(a) Her paternal grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her maternal grandmother.

5. What does Ellen's father stroke while he is yelling at Ellen and her mother?
(a) His beard.
(b) A cat.
(c) His arm.
(d) A pocketknife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ellen's new life with her new mama, what runs smoothly?

2. What is left in Ellen's mailbox each month?

3. What is the weather like at the funeral service?

4. What does Ellen do when her mother goes to bed?

5. How long is Ellen's father gone the day after the funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Ellen's former life and her new life an example of dualism?

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

5. Why does Ellen have conflicting views about Starletta's family?

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

7. At the funeral, why does Ellen avoid looking at her mother's grave?

8. How does Ellen's grandmother cause a scene at the funeral?

9. How is Ellen wearing her mother's clothes symbolic to the story?

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

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