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

3. 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

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

5. What is the craft project Ellen is working on?
(a) A Southern lady pillowcase
(b) A landscape tapestry
(c) A sunflower pillow
(d) A teapot dishtowel

6. What is the topic George asks Ellen about that night she comes down to get milk and finds her parents in the dining room?
(a) The closing of a college campus
(b) The installation of a new water system
(c) The building of a new apartment complex
(d) The razing of a park

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

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

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

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

11. What kind of sandwich does Ellen eat after the trees are decorated?
(a) Ham and cheese
(b) Roast beef
(c) Peanut butter and jelly
(d) Egg salad

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

13. Where is the lunch held after Kate's funeral?
(a) At the Duane's
(b) At George and Kate's home
(c) At a local restaurant
(d) At the church

14. What kind of earrings is Teresa wearing?
(a) Silver studs
(b) Turqoise dangles
(c) Pink bows
(d) Gold hoops

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonathan send to Ellen for Christmas?

2. Why does Ellen say she'd decided to protect her father?

3. What is the group that offers to pay for Ellen's legal expenses?

4. What does Kate say when George says Easter will be early this year?

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

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