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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who previously owned Ford's family's new house?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her neighbor.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her Aunt Terrie.

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

3. What is one thing Allen does for Ford's family?
(a) Helps pay bills.
(b) Buys them two new cars.
(c) Gets her mother a new job.
(d) Cooks for them.

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

5. In Chapter 6, what do Ford and her family collect and take to the bank?
(a) Aluminum cans.
(b) Papers.
(c) Scooters.
(d) Coins.

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

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

8. Who does Ford live with for a time in Chapter 7?
(a) Her older sister.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Grandma Billie and her own great-grandfather.
(d) Her cousins.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does Ford tell her boyfriend about her feelings about the news her mother delivers to her in Chapter 1?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is suspicious.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She does not know how she feels.

15. What does Ford do every Saturday with her grandmother in Chapter 7?
(a) Go to painting class.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Go to the grocery store.
(d) Go to the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ford go to live for a time following her mother's tragedy in Chapter 7?

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

3. What does Ford's grandfather eat in Chapter 10?

4. What is one way Ford has stayed at least a little bit connected to her father over the years?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Ford tell her mother when she asks why she and her bother do not like Allen?

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