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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellen discover in Dora's underwear drawer?
(a) Romance novels.
(b) A list of Dora's boyfriends.
(c) Condoms.
(d) It was empty.

2. Who does Ellen spy on during her free time?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Starletta.
(c) Mavis.
(d) Her father.

3. Which character dies at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Dora.
(b) Aunt Betsy.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Ellen's grandmother.

4. What request does Ellen consider asking her new mama?
(a) If she can have $100.
(b) If she can go out to eat.
(c) If Starletta can stay over.
(d) If she can move out.

5. What is Julia as a child?
(a) A movie star.
(b) A flower child.
(c) A baker.
(d) A teacher.

6. How does Ellen respond to her grandmother's reply as to why her grandmother hates her?
(a) She replied that it was her mother's fault.
(b) She replied that she didn't do anything.
(c) She replied that she hated her, too.
(d) She did not reply.

7. Who has a crush on Tom?
(a) Starletta.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Stella.
(d) Dora.

8. Who is fired from her job as a teacher?
(a) Bill.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Jim.
(d) Julia.

9. Where does Ellen's grandmother make Ellen work?
(a) In the store.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) She did not make Ellen work.
(d) In the cotton fields.

10. What is mandatory every Sunday in Ellen's new home?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Church.

11. What does Ellen tell her hostess she is doing while at her residence after her grandmother's death?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Partying.

12. Who comes over right away when Ellen tells them her grandmother died?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Starletta.
(c) Her new mama.
(d) Nadine.

13. Where are Julia and Roy originally from?
(a) The West.
(b) The South.
(c) The Midwest.
(d) The Northeast.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What one thing does Ellen not do for her mother?

2. What does Ellen do a lot of while at her new temporary residence after her grandmother's death?

3. Who is Julia's husband?

4. What irks Nadine and Betsy about their mother's death?

5. Who agrees to let Ellen live with them temporarily?

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