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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Halley say her baby is due?
(a) Six weeks
(b) A week from Friday
(c) A week earlier
(d) A month and a half

3. Why does Ellen say she buys flowers?
(a) Because it makes Ellen feel productive
(b) Because it pleases Kate
(c) Because George feels it's necessary
(d) Because Kate would have done it if she were able

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

5. 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

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

7. What is the smell Ellen associates with her lawyer?
(a) Ink
(b) Peppermint
(c) Cigar smoke
(d) Brandy

8. What does Kate say her body looks like?
(a) A rotten peach
(b) A baby's
(c) A flabby fat person
(d) A fence post

9. What was the sampler on the wall of the Gulden dining room?
(a) A still life of wine and fruit
(b) A family tree
(c) The scene from the Last Supper
(d) A field of sunflowers

10. Why does Ellen say she'd decided to protect her father?
(a) She believes he couldn't withstand a trial
(b) She loves him
(c) She doesn't believe he really killed Kate
(d) She believes he had been unable to bear Kate's suffering

11. How long does it take to decorate their tree?
(a) Two hours
(b) Almost four hours
(c) Almost three hours
(d) Just more than an hour

12. What does Ellen buy hoping her mother will continue to read?
(a) A large-print edition
(b) A magnifying glass
(c) A different book
(d) An audio book

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

14. Which of the following was not among the Christmas movies the family watches together?
(a) White Christmas
(b) Miracle on 34th Street
(c) It's a Wonderful Life
(d) A Christmas Carol

15. What color is the ribbon Ellen and Kate thread through the wheelchair wheels?
(a) Red and blue
(b) Gold
(c) Red and white
(d) Red

Short Answer Questions

1. What is George feeding Kate when Ellen stops by the den that night?

2. Why does Kate say Ellen should not have a flower girl at her wedding?

3. How often does Teresa come after Christmas?

4. What kind of coat does Kate wear when she and George go out for dinner and music?

5. What does Ellen find taped to the door of her father's office?

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