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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 happens to Ellen from working so hard in the fields?
(a) She gets sick.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She makes a lot of money.
(d) She runs away.

2. Who is Julia?
(a) Ellen's grandmother.
(b) Ellen's aunt.
(c) The art teacher.
(d) Starletta's mom.

3. Who is Julia's husband?
(a) Tom.
(b) Jim.
(c) Roy.
(d) Bill.

4. What does Stella do in the back of the bus?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Draw.
(c) Fool around with boys.
(d) Stella didn't ride the bus.

5. Who shows up and stops the person with the money from harassing Ellen?
(a) The police.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dora and Nadine's response to Ellen's Christmas gift?

2. What does Ellen change her last name to?

3. Who is Ellen placed to live with?

4. What truth does Ellen's grandmother constantly remind Ellen of?

5. Where does Ellen's grandmother make Ellen work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ellen choose to give Nadine and Dora pictures of kittens for Christmas instead of a picture of a brooding ocean?

3. Using details from the text, describe how Ellen spends her time at Nadine's house.

4. Why is church mandatory for Ellen when she moves in with her new mama?

5. How does Ellen celebrate her 11th birthday?

6. Why does Ellen dread the day that Starletta 'forgot about her"?

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

8. Why do Ellen and Starletta keep a list?

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

10. How do Nadine and Betsy react to their mother's death?

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