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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 food item does Ellen take with her on her pony ride?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Bread.
(c) Candy.
(d) Biscuits.

2. At the grave site, who does Ellen avoid looking at?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

3. What bad habit does Dora have?
(a) Biting her nails.
(b) Picking her nose.
(c) Peeing her pants.
(d) Whining.

4. What luxuries does Ellen have in her new life that did not exist in her old life?
(a) Food, books and television.
(b) Horses, parents and clothes.
(c) Food, clothes and friends.
(d) Books, parents and horses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill do to Ellen on New Year's Eve?

2. How long does Ellen's new roommate let her stay when Ellen runs away from her father's home?

3. What type of sickness does Ellen say weakens her mother's heart?

4. How much money does Ellen offer Starletta's family to let her stay with them?

5. What errand does Ellen enjoy partaking in with her new mama?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways has Ellen's mother's family shown that they do not care if Ellen is being neglected?

3. 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?

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

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

6. In Chapter 6, how does Ellen's prejudiced nature show up?

7. How is Ellen's grandmother's removal of Ellen's mother's clothes symbolic to the story?

8. 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?

9. Why does Ellen choose Starletta's parents when asked by the school board if Ellen has someone to take care of her?

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

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