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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ellen and Kate meet Sheila Fenner?
(a) The mall
(b) The book store
(c) The museum
(d) The movies

2. What is the store they enter where Ellen has trouble with the wheelchair?
(a) Jackie's Junk and Stuff
(b) Langhorne Shoe Shoppe
(c) Phillip's Books
(d) The Ice Creamery

3. What are the limits Dr. Cohn puts on Kate's activities?
(a) Nothing that requires that she drive
(b) There are no limits
(c) No ladders or staple guns
(d) Anything that doesn't require too much energy

4. Which of the following is not one of the activities Ellen describes having with her mother?
(a) A trip to a museum
(b) A trip to the beach
(c) Trips to restaurants
(d) Trips to movie theaters

5. What does Kate say Brian would do as a child while she cooked?
(a) Stir flour and water together
(b) Read
(c) Plead for tastes
(d) Run away

6. Where did Ellen's Gulden grandparents run a summer camp?
(a) Colorado
(b) New York State
(c) Oregon
(d) Florida

7. What is Kate's response to the opinion that her cancer might have been caused by her work in the dry cleaning shop?
(a) That she believes it does
(b) That she believes it doesn't
(c) That she wants to find out for sure
(d) That it doesn't matter

8. Which of the following is NOT among the possessions Ellen brings back from New York?
(a) A typewriter
(b) A trunk
(c) A futon
(d) A mirror

9. What does Kate say she's going to make Dr. Cohn for Christmas?
(a) Nothing
(b) A painting
(c) A menorah
(d) A pillow

10. What color is Kate's hair?
(a) Red
(b) Blonde
(c) Gray
(d) Brown

11. Who are in the two largest pictures in Ellen's parents' living room?
(a) Jeff and Brian
(b) Ellen's parents
(c) The three children
(d) The entire family

12. How long does Ellen plan to remain at home during her visit?
(a) Four days
(b) As long as her mother needs her
(c) Four weeks
(d) She doesn't plan

13. Where did Ellen's parents go after their marriage ceremony?
(a) Niagra Falls
(b) Cambers Street
(c) Mexico
(d) Florida

14. What did Mrs. Foburg teach when Ellen was her student?
(a) Spanish
(b) German
(c) French
(d) English

15. What does Mr. Tweedy say about Ellen's announcement that she's going to her mother's?
(a) He says she can work from there
(b) He offers her a raise
(c) He says she should talk to her friend Jules
(d) He says she's doing the right thing

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dr. Belknap?

2. What are the final words George says to Ellen as he disappears up the stairway?

3. Where does Ellen go with her brothers for ice cream?

4. What is the store Ellen says her mother loves most?

5. What is the snack Ellen makes that she says her mother frequently made for them as children?

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