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

2. What does Ford's mother suffer through in Chapter 7 that leaves her despondent?
(a) The death of her sister.
(b) A stillbirth.
(c) The death of her father.
(d) A car accident.

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, what is Ford's favorite cartoon?
(a) The Muppets.
(b) The Littl' Bits.
(c) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(d) Garfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ford throw away her mother's cigarettes when she is a young child?

2. What did Ford's mother often do with herself and her brother around Christmastime when Ford was young?

3. How does Ford remember her grandmother Billie looking often?

4. What does Ford tell Allen is the problem between herself and her mother?

5. How does Grandma Billie wear her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ford's mother become obsessed with regarding her children in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What vision does Ford see in Chapter 4 that terrifies her?

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

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

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