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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What animal does Ellen hope her pony would scare away?
2. The day after the funeral, where does Ellen prepare to go?
3. What organization does Ellen join to curb her boredom in the winter?
4. What does Ellen contemplate before leaving the bathroom to give everyone something to talk about?
5. What is the weather like at the funeral service?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Ellen's grandmother's removal of Ellen's mother's clothes symbolic to the story?
2. How is the pony's name, Dolphin, a symbol of freedom to Ellen?
3. How is Ellen's obsessive side shown in Chapter 6?
4. 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?
5. In what ways does Ellen justify not telling anyone about the circumstances of her mother's death?
6. In what ways does the author indicate that Ellen's father killed Ellen's mother?
7. 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?
8. How does the author create a reversal of the mother-daughter role in the novel?
9. What event leads to Ellen's removal from her father's care?
10. Why does Ellen have to make sure that she retrieves the envelope of money from the mailbox before her father can get to it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using the text and class discussions as an aid describe some of Ellen's fears and how she overcame them.
Essay Topic 2
In class discussion, you learned about the literary elements of a climax. Using these discussions and the text, describe the climax in the story.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the story Ellen is neglected by her father. Write a description of how her father neglected her and the effects of the neglect on Ellen's life.
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