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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ford's grandfather tell her he will teach her so she does not need a man?
(a) How to shoot deer.
(b) How to gut a fish.
(c) How to get a job.
(d) How to steal money.

2. How does Grandma Billie wear her hair?
(a) In a different style every day.
(b) She does not have hair due to an illness, so she wears wigs.
(c) In an afro.
(d) Straight and sleek.

3. What does Ford often do in Chapter 1 to help calm and comfort herself?
(a) Tai Chi.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Run.
(d) Cook.

4. In Chapter 3, what is Ford's favorite cartoon?
(a) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(b) The Muppets.
(c) Garfield.
(d) The Littl' Bits.

5. Who tells Ford the family used to call her "Stagger Lee" when she was a child?
(a) Her older brother.
(b) Grandma Billie.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

6. What does Ford's mother tell her in Part I?
(a) Her mother is sick.
(b) Her mother is having a baby.
(c) Her grandmother is sick.
(d) Her father is getting out of prison.

7. What does Ford often do late at night when she cannot sleep in Chapter 8?
(a) Dance.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sing.
(d) Watch television.

8. Who is Ford's first grade teacher?
(a) Mr. Martin.
(b) Mrs. Smith.
(c) Mrs. York.
(d) Mr. Bean.

9. What does Ford's grandfather eat in Chapter 10?
(a) A bug.
(b) A bear.
(c) A snake.
(d) A frog.

10. In Chapter 11, what is the easiest way for a child to lose a seat at the adult table?
(a) Speak.
(b) Sing.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Get angry.

11. Who is Ford happiest to see when she returns home in Chapter 8?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her cousins.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

12. Who begins bullying Ford in Chapter 10?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Ty Applegate.
(d) Bradley.

13. Where does Ford go to live for a time following her mother's tragedy in Chapter 7?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Ohio.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

14. In Chapter 6, what does Ford realize that forgetting her own pain in the service of is sometimes worth it for?
(a) Allowing her mother to make jokes at her expense.
(b) Not giving away secrets to the rest of the family.
(c) Not being as poor as the family could be.
(d) Being able to stay in school.

15. In Chapter 5, what does Ford think her mother sometimes needs her to do as a child?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Make money.
(c) Be loud.
(d) Go to the store for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ford's younger brother sometimes call her when he is a toddler?

2. What do Ford and her brother do in Chapter 6 that angers their mother?

3. What does Grandma Billie show Ford in Chapter 7 when they are back on the farm?

4. Who is Ford's boyfriend in Part I?

5. Who is in Ford's oldest memory, as she recounts in Chapter 2?

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