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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ellen feel about her aunt?
(a) She disliked her.
(b) She loved her.
(c) She was indifferent to her.
(d) She wanted to be just like her.

2. What does Ellen do when her mother goes to bed?
(a) Cried.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Called the police.
(d) Went to bed with her.

3. What does Ellen's father stroke while he is yelling at Ellen and her mother?
(a) His beard.
(b) His arm.
(c) A pocketknife.
(d) A cat.

4. Whom must Ellen share the pony with?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) No one.
(c) Her father.
(d) The other children in the house.

5. Who does Ellen blame for her mother's death?
(a) Her father.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the outfit Ellen is wearing to the funeral?

2. What does Ellen think her father is?

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

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

5. Who visits Ellen at school after she is a ward of the state?

(see the answer key)

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