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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. Why does Ellen's grandmother threaten to break Ellen's hands?
(a) Ellen stole something.
(b) Ellen's grandmother never threatened her.
(c) Ellen touched her things.
(d) Ellen was cracking her knuckles.

2. Ellen has to go shopping for new clothes. What new item does she treasure the most?
(a) A pair of designer jeans.
(b) A beautiful new dress.
(c) None, she liked the money.
(d) A pink and purple shirt.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only question Ellen's grandmother asks Ellen on the drive to her house?

2. Who does Ellen spy on during her free time?

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

4. How does Ellen say her father dies?

5. What hobby does Ellen remember helping her mother with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Using detail from the text to support your answer, why does Ellen decide to treat Nadine's residence like a hotel?

2. In Chapter 10 the reader is introduced to Ellen's naivety. Even though Ellen is wise beyond her years, what does Ellen think about the sharecroppers who work on her grandmother's farm?

3. In Chapter 8, how is the reader once again introduced to the time frame of the novel?

4. Using details from the text, describe Ellen's shopping system.

5. Why is Ellen worried about her grandmother dying?

6. Why does Ellen dread the day that Starletta 'forgot about her"?

7. Why does Ellen feel that Starletta only likes Tom for his money?

8. In Chapter 11, Ellen tells the reader that her grandmother passed away. Ellen feels that in her death her grandmother left "the score two to one". What score is Ellen referring to and why does Ellen make this statement?

9. Ellen found several questionable items in her cousin's bedroom. Why doesn't Ellen tell her aunt about these items?

10. Why didn't Dora want to tell Ellen about Dora and Nadine's usual Christmas ritual?

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