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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visits Ellen at school after she is a ward of the state?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) No one.

2. Who is Dora?
(a) Ellen's aunt.
(b) Ellen's cousin.
(c) Ellen's friend.
(d) Ellen's sister.

3. What bad habit does Dora have?
(a) Picking her nose.
(b) Biting her nails.
(c) Peeing her pants.
(d) Whining.

4. Who is the main character in the story?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Starletta.
(d) Dora.

5. Ellen's family attends a funeral for what character?
(a) Ellen's aunt.
(b) Ellen's grandmother.
(c) Ellen's mother.
(d) Ellen's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen use reading for?

2. What is Ellen's father's name?

3. What item spills out of Ellen's mother's purse?

4. Whom must Ellen share the pony with?

5. What type of sickness does Ellen say weakens her mother's heart?

(see the answer key)

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