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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 health care options does Ellen's grandmother shun?
(a) Her doctor and medicine.
(b) None.
(c) Her therapist.
(d) Her chiropractor.

2. Who helps Ellen with her work in the fields?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Her father.
(c) No one.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. Who is keeping tabs on Ellen and her father for Ellen's grandmother?
(a) Julia and Roy.
(b) Ellis and Rudolph.
(c) Mavis.
(d) Starletta's family.

4. Who are Stella, Frances, and Jo Jo?
(a) Ellen's aunts.
(b) Ellen's cousins.
(c) Ellen's foster sisters.
(d) Ellen's friends.

5. What does Ellen do a lot of while at her new temporary residence after her grandmother's death?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Partying.
(d) Thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What irks Nadine and Betsy about their mother's death?

2. What does Ellen change her last name to?

3. What happens to Ellen from working so hard in the fields?

4. Why does Ellen think Starletta likes white boys?

5. In Chapter 11, what truths does Ellen begin to figure out?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, Ellen tells the reader that her grandmother passed away. Ellen feels that in her death her grandmother left "the score two to one". What score is Ellen referring to and why does Ellen make this statement?

2. In Chapter 8, how is the reader once again introduced to the time frame of the novel?

3. Why does Ellen feel that Starletta only likes Tom for his money?

4. In what ways does Ellen's grandmother display paranoia?

5. Ellen's grandmother forces Ellen to go to work. Describe Ellen's job duties.

6. Ellen had to go to court to decide whose custody Ellen should be in. Describe what happened in court.

7. Why does Ellen begin signing her papers with the last name Foster?

8. What types of new experiences is Ellen exposed to at her stay with Julia and Roy?

9. In Chapter 10 the reader is introduced to Ellen's naivety. Even though Ellen is wise beyond her years, what does Ellen think about the sharecroppers who work on her grandmother's farm?

10. How does Ellen express a lack of belonging throughout Chapters 1-8?

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