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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. What are the rumors Mark says are going around about Mrs. Forburg?
(a) That she is afraid Ellen will commit suicide
(b) That she has lied to police and is about to be arrested
(c) That she's a lesbian
(d) That she helped Ellen kill Kate

2. What does Kate need when she calls for Ellen on pages 162?
(a) Help reading a phone number
(b) More medicine
(c) Help getting out of the tub
(d) Company

3. Why does Jeff enter the back door of Mrs. Forburg's house?
(a) Police are watching the front
(b) The carport is nearer the back door and it's raining
(c) He's trying to make Ellen laugh
(d) To avoid the reporter and photographer

4. Why does Jules quit her job?
(a) She wants to move closer to Ellen
(b) She finds a position with a great deal more money
(c) She decides she wants to be a nurse
(d) Her boss demands she write an account of her friendship with Ellen

5. What kind of earrings is Teresa wearing?
(a) Silver studs
(b) Turqoise dangles
(c) Pink bows
(d) Gold hoops

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Ellen stayed with her mother before her death?

2. What happened to Chris's hand?

3. What does the little girl named Hettie say to Kate?

4. What movie does Ellen watch the evening she's home alone?

5. How long does Ellen say it is before she sees her father again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes on the day when Kate calls for Ellen to help her out of the tub?

2. What information is presented about Ellen's paternal grandparents.

3. What does Ellen do when she and Jeff go to the cemetery?

4. Why does Ellen ask Jules not to come to the funeral?

5. Who is Chris and what happens between Chris and Ellen?

6. What is Ellen's reaction when Jeff makes fun of her for baking cookies and why does she react this way?

7. What are Ellen's theories about why Mrs. Duane and Kate don't talk about men while they're having lunch together?

8. Why does Ellen say that no one acknowledges the ribbons on her mother's wheelchair wheels?

9. Kate begins to try to give Ellen advice about her wedding but Ellen stops her. What is Kate's reaction?

10. Where does Jeff get the money for Ellen's legal defense?

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