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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's mother do the day she leaves for college?
(a) She gets a new job.
(b) She is arrested.
(c) She is distracted by a fight she is having with someone on the phone.
(d) She goes into the hospital.

2. What does Ford start doing obsessively in Chapter 25?
(a) Eating.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Taking nude photos of herself.
(d) Writing.

3. What insult does Allen direct towards Ford's mother in Chapter 13?
(a) She is a drug addict.
(b) She is not attractive.
(c) She is a bad parent.
(d) She sleeps around.

4. What activity do Ford and her new best friend share in Chapter 17?
(a) Chess club.
(b) Field hockey.
(c) Band.
(d) Lacrosse.

5. Who tells Ford why her father is in prison?
(a) Uncle Clarence.
(b) R.C.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Grandma Billie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ford's teacher in Chapter 14?

2. What kind of car does Ford's mother give her that used to belong to Ford's mother?

3. In Chapter 14, what book does Ford love?

4. What does Bradley often tell Ford in Chapter 15?

5. Where does Ford meet with Bradley to say goodbye before his move?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ford begin to take more interest in makeup and clothes in Chapter 25?

2. How does Ford's mother react when Ford is accepted to college and reluctantly asks for help with a small required fee?

3. In Chapter 25, what does Ford begin to notice about her body when she takes pictures of herself?

4. In Chapter 22, why and how does Ford feel different from a lot of her college classmates?

5. What does Ford's father say when she sings for him on her visit to him in prison in Chapter 14?

6. How does Mr. Martin help Ford in Chapter 16?

7. How does Ford feel when Bradley says he might be moving away in Chapter 15?

8. How does Ford find out how little her mother was raising four children on?

9. How does Ford find out why her father is in prison?

10. In Chapter 16, how does Ford change her behavior in order to try to feel safe again?

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