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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kate say she read the books she and Ellen read as a "book club?"
(a) She had never read them
(b) She wanted to read them with Ellen
(c) They were George's idea
(d) She wanted a chance to learn about literature

2. What color are the curtains in Mrs. Forburg's kitchen?
(a) Pink
(b) White
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow

3. What does Teresa say happened to her mother?
(a) She was hit by a cab
(b) She died of cancer
(c) She died in childbirth
(d) She had cancer but it is in remission

4. How long does Mrs. Forburg say she was married?
(a) Eighteen years
(b) Twelve years
(c) Eight years
(d) Two years

5. What does Kate need when she calls for Ellen on pages 162?
(a) Help getting out of the tub
(b) More medicine
(c) Company
(d) Help reading a phone number

6. Who does Ellen say comes to visit?
(a) A few of Kate's closest friends
(b) Only family
(c) No one but the delivery man
(d) The Minnies and the neighbors

7. What does Ellen wear to her grand jury appearance?
(a) The suit she'd worn to her mother's funeral
(b) A black dress
(c) A black skirt and white blouse
(d) A grey business suit

8. What was George drinking on the night Ellen came downstairs for milk to find her parents at the dining room table?
(a) Brandy
(b) Milk
(c) Cocoa
(d) Soda

9. What does Teresa say about the condition of the woman with breast cancer about the same time that the woman with pancreatic cancer dies?
(a) She's in a great deal of pain
(b) She's denying that there's anything wrong
(c) She died
(d) She's in remission

10. What month does Ellen say is suitable for dying?
(a) December
(b) May
(c) January
(d) February

11. What happened to Chris's hand?
(a) He cut it with a chain saw
(b) He got it caught in a printing press
(c) He cut it with a farming implement
(d) His father cut it when he was a child

12. What does Jonathan send to Ellen for Christmas?
(a) A movie
(b) A datebook
(c) A plane ticket
(d) A nightgown

13. Why does Jeff enter the back door of Mrs. Forburg's house?
(a) The carport is nearer the back door and it's raining
(b) Police are watching the front
(c) He's trying to make Ellen laugh
(d) To avoid the reporter and photographer

14. What does Ellen say about her mother's loss of vision?
(a) That it's a product of too much time spent reading
(b) That it's the result of medication
(c) That it's the result of the cancer
(d) That she thinks her mother is just too tired to go on

15. Who is decorating the tree next to Kate's?
(a) Mrs. Formburg
(b) Mrs. Duane
(c) Mrs. Best
(d) Mrs. Davis

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to decorate their tree?

2. What is Ellen's answer when the prosecutor asks if she killed Kate?

3. What is the craft project Ellen is working on?

4. What does Ellen give her mother for Christmas?

5. What does Ellen say her mother had nightmares about?

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