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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kate say when George says Easter will be early this year?
(a) I'll write down my recipe for egg dyes
(b) I can't wait
(c) I'll teach Ellen to weave baskets
(d) To hell with Easter

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Halley say her baby is due?

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

4. What kind of sandwich does Ellen eat after the trees are decorated?

5. What is the topic George asks Ellen about that night she comes down to get milk and finds her parents in the dining room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeff say about Brian's problems at college and what is Ellen's response?

2. Kate begins to try to give Ellen advice about her wedding but Ellen stops her. What is Kate's reaction?

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

4. What happened to ruin Kate's evening out with George?

5. What is the memory Ellen has about a tree lighting event the first year her mother was one of the Minnies?

6. What does Ellen say when Jeff asks if hallucinations are a side-effect of Kate's medication?

7. What does Mrs. Forburg say about why teaching is important to her and what does she say about understanding Ellen's challenges as a student?

8. What is Ellen doing that causes the newspaper stories to say that Ellen was "fleeing?"

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

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

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