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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ellen and Starletta keep a list of?
(a) They kept a list of girls they hated.
(b) They kept a list of the times Ellen stayed over.
(c) They kept a list of boys they liked.
(d) They kept a list of what they needed to tell each other.

2. Who is Julia's husband?
(a) Tom.
(b) Roy.
(c) Bill.
(d) Jim.

3. Who leaves envelopes of money in Ellen's mailbox?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Starletta's family.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Julia.

4. What does Ellen almost forget?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her eleventh birthday.
(c) Her book for school.
(d) Her father.

5. What does Ellen tell her Aunt Nadine she would like for Christmas?
(a) Food.
(b) White paper.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothes.

6. What is Dora and Nadine's response to Ellen's Christmas gift?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fake joy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Sorrow.

7. What does Ellen do a lot of while at her new temporary residence after her grandmother's death?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Partying.

8. Who helps Ellen with her work in the fields?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Mavis.
(d) No one.

9. What is Ellen's grandmother's response when Ellen asks her grandmother why she hates her?
(a) Every time she looks at Ellen, she sees Ellen's mother.
(b) Every time she looks at Ellen, she sees her husband.
(c) She said she didn't hate Ellen.
(d) Every time she looks at Ellen, she sees Ellen's father.

10. What happens to Ellen from working so hard in the fields?
(a) She gets sick.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She makes a lot of money.
(d) Nothing.

11. What gift do Julia and Roy give Ellen for her birthday?
(a) Art supplies.
(b) Money.
(c) A home to live in.
(d) A pillow.

12. Who is Julia?
(a) The art teacher.
(b) Starletta's mom.
(c) Ellen's aunt.
(d) Ellen's grandmother.

13. Who does Ellen call to report her grandmother's death?
(a) Aunt Nadine.
(b) Her father.
(c) The funeral home.
(d) Aunt Betsy.

14. Where does someone show up looking for Ellen?
(a) At school.
(b) At her foster parents'.
(c) At her grandmother's.
(d) At her home.

15. What truth does Ellen's grandmother constantly remind Ellen of?
(a) That she was adopted.
(b) That she loved her.
(c) That she had her father's eyes.
(d) That she was worthless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What health care options does Ellen's grandmother shun?

2. What one materialistic possession is the only thing Ellen really cares about?

3. Which character dies at the end of Chapter 11?

4. When Ellen does not go to her grandmother's funeral, what does Dora tell her?

5. What activity always happens after church?

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