2. What is on the cover of the book of devotionals that the man in the grocery store gives Ellen after her arrest?
(a) A rose
(b) A profile of a child
(c) An angel
(d) A cross

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

4. What does Ellen say her mother had nightmares about?
(a) Babies and thunderstorms
(b) Snakes and spiders
(c) Being buried alive
(d) Dying

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the shirt Kate wears to the Christmas tree lighting ceremony?

2. What does Ellen give her mother for Christmas?

3. What is the word Ellen chooses to describe her paternal grandfather?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the reactions to Ellen's arrest.

2. Why does Ellen say that no one acknowledges the ribbons on her mother's wheelchair wheels?

3. What is Ellen's reaction when Jeff makes fun of her for baking cookies and why does she react this way?

4. What changes on the day when Kate calls for Ellen to help her out of the tub?

5. What information is presented about Ellen's paternal grandparents.

6. Where does Jeff get the money for Ellen's legal defense?

7. What does Ellen say to Mrs. Duane when she says that she's been meaning to visit Kate?

8. What does Teresa say when Ellen asks if she's curious as to why George is never home?

9. What is Jon's role in Ellen's arrest?

10. What are Ellen's theories about why Mrs. Duane and Kate don't talk about men while they're having lunch together?

(see the answer keys)

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