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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. At the grave site, who does Ellen avoid looking at?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.
2. In order to stay the night at Starletta's house, what lie does Ellen tell Starletta's parents?
(a) That she locked herself out.
(b) That her house burned down.
(c) That she was scared.
(d) That her father was drunk.
3. What has Ellen's mother's absence forced Ellen to obtain for herself?
(a) Food.
(b) Love.
(c) Friends.
(d) Clothes.
4. What luxuries does Ellen have in her new life that did not exist in her old life?
(a) Books, parents and horses.
(b) Food, books and television.
(c) Food, clothes and friends.
(d) Horses, parents and clothes.
5. When Ellen returns to school after the funeral, what does one teacher bluntly ask her?
(a) How her mother died.
(b) Where her father was.
(c) Why was she wearing so many clothes.
(d) Where had she been.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ellen think her father is?
2. How does Ellen explain the item on her arm?
3. Who does Ellen blame for her mother's death?
4. Where does Ellen celebrate her first Christmas after her mother's death?
5. What occupation does Aunt Nadine have?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Ellen's former life and her new life an example of dualism?
2. Why does Ellen have to make sure that she retrieves the envelope of money from the mailbox before her father can get to it?
3. 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?
4. How is the pony's name, Dolphin, a symbol of freedom to Ellen?
5. In Chapter 6, how does Ellen's prejudiced nature show up?
6. How does Ellen's grandmother cause a scene at the funeral?
7. In what ways has Ellen's mother's family shown that they do not care if Ellen is being neglected?
8. What are some of the fun and leisure activities Ellen is granted in her new home?
9. How does Ellen's selection of gifts show that Ellen has to take responsibility for herself?
10. Why does Ellen have conflicting views about Starletta's family?
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