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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Ford's mother do to her that is painful?
(a) Relax her hair.
(b) Prick her skin.
(c) Accidentally hit her with a softball while they are playing.
(d) Grab her arm.

2. How does Ford fracture her wrist?
(a) Allen runs her into a wall on her bike.
(b) Her brother hits her.
(c) Allen hits her with a hammer.
(d) Allen runs over her with his car.

3. What does Ford's mother tell her never to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Hold a gun.
(b) Go the football games.
(c) Take drugs.
(d) Give a man her money.

4. In Chapter 5, where is Ford's mother's boyfriend from?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Florida.

5. Why does Ford throw away her mother's cigarettes when she is a young child?
(a) Her brother tells her to do it.
(b) She hates the smell of them.
(c) She thinks they are too expensive.
(d) She sees an ad that says smoking cigarettes could kill someone.

6. Who is Ford's new baby sister in Chapter 8?
(a) Bailey.
(b) Tamika.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Nikki.

7. What does Ford see in church and wonder about with her grandmother?
(a) A picture of Mary.
(b) A picture of Joseph.
(c) People speaking in tongues.
(d) A cross.

8. When did Ford's nightmares begin to intensify, as she recalls in Chapter 1?
(a) In college.
(b) In older age.
(c) In young childhood.
(d) In middle-age.

9. What does Ford's mother accuse her Grandma Billie of doing in Chapter 7 during Ford's Christmas visit back to Indiana?
(a) Using Ford to get child support.
(b) Turning Ford against her.
(c) Babying Ford.
(d) Abusing Ford.

10. What is the name of Ford's half-sibling in Chapter 7?
(a) Henry.
(b) Michael.
(c) Darrell.
(d) James.

11. How does Ford realize Santa Claus is not real?
(a) Her mother tells her.
(b) She sees presents in her grandmother's bedroom one Christmas.
(c) Her teacher tells her.
(d) She overhears adults talking about it.

12. Who is Ford's best friend in Chapter 8?
(a) Jamie.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Tamika.
(d) Jennifer.

13. What does Ford often play with at her grandmother's house?
(a) Her knitting kit.
(b) Lotion and cosmetics.
(c) The television.
(d) The stove.

14. Who is in Ford's oldest memory, as she recounts in Chapter 2?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) R.C.
(d) Her mother.

15. What does Ford desperately want to experience as a four-year-old?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Sunset.
(c) A music concert.
(d) Swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what is the easiest way for a child to lose a seat at the adult table?

2. In Chapter 7, what does Grandma Billie tell Ford that Ford does not really want to hear?

3. Who tells Ford the family used to call her "Stagger Lee" when she was a child?

4. What does Ford's mother suffer through in Chapter 7 that leaves her despondent?

5. In Chapter 10, who does Ford's grandfather tell her not to trust?

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