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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. What does Ford wait for in Chapter 8 from her mother that never comes?
(a) Money.
(b) An apology.
(c) A song.
(d) A ride to school.

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

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

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

5. What does Ford's grandmother tell her about her father in Chapter 4?
(a) He had many brothers and sisters.
(b) He had lost his job before going to jail.
(c) He was not really interested in her.
(d) He used to take her everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Ford's half-sibling in Chapter 7?

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

4. Who begins looking after Ford and her siblings sometimes in Chapter 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What offer does Ford's mother make to her in Chapter 1 that Ford finds herself recoiling from, and why?

3. Why does Ford suspect her mother stays with Allen?

4. What happens after Mrs. York calls Ford's mother to tell her she was mistaken that Ford was saying inappropriate things at school?

5. How does Ford remember life on her great-grandfather's farm in Missouri?

6. What kind of relationship does Ford have with her brother R.C. when they are children?

7. How does Ford feel about going back to live with her mother after being on her great-grandfather's farm?

8. How does Grandma Billie react when Ford asks who her own father is in a photo?

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

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

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