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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ford's father's closest brother?
(a) Clarence.
(b) Henry.
(c) Wilson.
(d) James.

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

3. In Chapter 10, who does Ford's grandfather tell her not to trust?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Boys.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. In Chapter 8, how do Ford and Grandma Billie travel back to Indiana?
(a) By train.
(b) By car.
(c) By bus.
(d) By plane.

5. Who is Ford's boyfriend in Part I?
(a) Kelly.
(b) James.
(c) Henry.
(d) Brett.

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

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

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

9. Who begins looking after Ford and her siblings sometimes in Chapter 9?
(a) Ford's father.
(b) Ford's grandfather.
(c) An older cousin.
(d) A new babysitter.

10. Whose photo does Ford see in Chapter 4 and not recognize?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her grandfather's.
(c) Her father's.
(d) Her own.

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

12. Who is Ford's kindergarten teacher?
(a) Mr. Bean.
(b) Mrs. Smith.
(c) Mrs. Adams.
(d) Mrs. Joy.

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

14. In Chapter 5, what does Ford realize her mother never does?
(a) Work.
(b) Sing.
(c) Eat.
(d) Apologize.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What mark does Ford think the figure she sees in a dream leaves on her in Part 4?

4. Who is Ford's best friend in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer keys)

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