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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the suit Ellen buys to wear to the funeral?
(a) Navy
(b) Maroon
(c) Black
(d) Red

2. What is on the shirt Kate wears to the Christmas tree lighting ceremony?
(a) Santa
(b) Reindeer
(c) Elves
(d) A Christmas tree

3. What is the game Grandmother Gulden teaches Ellen when she's a child?
(a) Hearts
(b) War
(c) Go Fish
(d) Canasta

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

5. What is George feeding Kate when Ellen stops by the den that night?
(a) Spoonfuls of dissolved morphine
(b) Tomato soup
(c) A scrambled egg
(d) Rice pudding

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

7. Where is the psychic from who calls Ellen with a message that her mother forgives her?
(a) Minnesota
(b) Missouri
(c) Maryland
(d) Mississippi

8. Why does Jules quit her job?
(a) She finds a position with a great deal more money
(b) She decides she wants to be a nurse
(c) Her boss demands she write an account of her friendship with Ellen
(d) She wants to move closer to Ellen

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

10. Where is Ellen when Kate dies?
(a) Looking for her father
(b) In the room with her mother
(c) In bed
(d) In the kitchen

11. What does Kate say is the key to decorating the tree in the park?
(a) Being conservative
(b) Being glittery
(c) Being gaudy
(d) Being generous

12. Where does Ellen spend the night after Kate asks Ellen to help end her suffering?
(a) In her room
(b) In jail
(c) In a chair in the den
(d) On the bed beside her mother

13. What is Mrs. Duane's first name?
(a) Juliet
(b) Isabel
(c) Darlene
(d) Nancy

14. How long does Ellen say it is before she sees her father again?
(a) Eighteen months except on holidays
(b) Four years, three months and six days
(c) Three months
(d) Eight years with only one exception

15. What is the name of the Camp Teresa visited as a child?
(a) Camp of Childhood
(b) Window of the World
(c) Camp Dream
(d) Just Up the Road

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Teresa say she goes back to the city?

2. What color are the curtains in Mrs. Forburg's kitchen?

3. What was the sampler on the wall of the Gulden dining room?

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

5. Which of the following was not among the Christmas movies the family watches together?

(see the answer keys)

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