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

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

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

4. What does Ford find in her grandmother's bedroom right before Christmas one year?
(a) Food.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A Christmas tree.
(d) Toys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Ford think her mother sometimes needs her to do as a child?

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

3. What does Ford's mother tell her never to do in Chapter 9?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ford become so fixated on seeing the sunrise for the first time?

2. In Chapter 7, what happens that traumatizes Ford's mother?

3. How does Ford remember the process of having her hair relaxed in Chapter 5?

4. What does Ford's mother do when she hears from Ford's teacher Mrs. York that Ford has said inappropriate things in school?

5. Why does Ford go to live with her grandmother in Chapter 7?

6. What does Ford do late at night to help her sleep in Chapter 8?

7. How does Ford remember Grandma Billie's appearance when she was a child?

8. What does Ford overhear her mother saying about what she would do if someone hurt her kids?

9. How does Ford remember the incident in Chapter 5 when her mother's boyfriend injures her accidentally?

10. In Chapter 10, what does Ford's grandfather do in front of her that horrifies her?

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