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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 describe her family before the funeral?
(a) As sad.
(b) As nice.
(c) As happy.
(d) As phonies.
2. What writing tense does the author use to tell Ellen's story?
(a) Present tense.
(b) Future tense.
(c) Past and the present tense.
(d) Past tense.
3. Where does Ellen tell her father to sleep when he passes out in the bathroom?
(a) In his automobile.
(b) In the bed.
(c) Outside.
(d) In the bathroom.
4. What present does Ellen receive from Starletta's family?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A saw.
(c) A toy.
(d) A coupon.
5. Who is Dora?
(a) Ellen's sister.
(b) Ellen's cousin.
(c) Ellen's friend.
(d) Ellen's aunt.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Ellen's father die?
2. Who is the main character in the story?
3. Who does Ellen tell the teacher she wants to live with when the teacher asks Ellen to call someone to pick her up?
4. Who visits Ellen at school after she is a ward of the state?
5. What bad habit does Dora have?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Ellen's grandmother cause a scene at the funeral?
3. Why does Ellen choose Starletta's parents when asked by the school board if Ellen has someone to take care of her?
4. In Chapter 2, how does Ellen hint at favoritism towards her mother's family?
5. How is Ellen's grandmother's removal of Ellen's mother's clothes symbolic to the story?
6. In Chapter 6, how does Ellen's prejudiced nature show up?
7. How is Ellen's obsessive side shown in Chapter 6?
8. Why does Ellen have to make sure that she retrieves the envelope of money from the mailbox before her father can get to it?
9. Up to Chapter 7, what are some of the ways Ellen covers up for her father?
10. How does the author create a reversal of the mother-daughter role in the novel?
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