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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 much money does Ellen offer Starletta's family to let her stay with them?
(a) $1.
(b) $100.
(c) $25.
(d) $10.
2. Who does Ellen stop speaking to?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Trixie.
(d) Starletta.
3. What type of sickness does Ellen say weakens her mother's heart?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Love.
(c) Mental.
(d) Hate.
4. What is the weather like at the funeral service?
(a) It was cold.
(b) It was sunny.
(c) It was rainy.
(d) It was foggy.
5. Where does Ellen celebrate her first Christmas after her mother's death?
(a) At her grandmother's house.
(b) At Starletta's house.
(c) With her father.
(d) Nowhere; Ellen stopped celebrating christmas.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Ellen respond to the blunt question asked by a teacher?
2. What is the pony's name that Ellen wants to ride?
3. What does Ellen use reading for?
4. A drive through what part of town is necessary to reach the location where the funeral service is being held?
5. What luxuries does Ellen have in her new life that did not exist in her old life?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways does Ellen justify not telling anyone about the circumstances of her mother's death?
2. Why does Ellen feel that her relatives are phonies?
3. How can a reader tell that Ellen may harbor some prejudices toward African American people?
4. In what ways has Ellen's mother's family shown that they do not care if Ellen is being neglected?
5. Why does Ellen have to make sure that she retrieves the envelope of money from the mailbox before her father can get to it?
6. What event leads to Ellen's removal from her father's care?
7. Up to Chapter 7, what are some of the ways Ellen covers up for her father?
8. How is Ellen wearing her mother's clothes symbolic to the story?
9. How does Ellen's selection of gifts show that Ellen has to take responsibility for herself?
10. How is the pony's name, Dolphin, a symbol of freedom to Ellen?
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