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

2. What does Ford desperately want to experience as a four-year-old?
(a) A music concert.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Swimming.

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

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

5. In Chapter 6, what is a favorite game Ford plays with her mother?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) A game they made up called "I'm Not Your Mother."
(d) Baseball.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ford sense about her interactions with her grandfather?

3. In Chapter 7, what is one factor that complicates Ford's mother's relationship with her boyfriend?

4. What is one thing Allen does for Ford's family?

5. What does Ford often do in Chapter 1 to help calm and comfort herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ford react to the news about her father in Chapter 1?

2. What news does Ford's mother deliver to her in Chapter 1 that shocks Ford?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Ford often afraid of her mother as a child?

10. What does Ford's grandmother tell her about the snakes that fold tighter together as they burn?

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