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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 does the little girl named Hettie say to Kate?
(a) She likes Kate's tree
(b) She wants to come visit
(c) She's sorry Kate is sick
(d) She likes how the wheels are decorated

2. What does Ellen say about her mother's loss of vision?
(a) That it's a product of too much time spent reading
(b) That it's the result of medication
(c) That she thinks her mother is just too tired to go on
(d) That it's the result of the cancer

3. Where does Ellen meet Jeff after she's released from Jail?
(a) At their parent's house
(b) At a Greek diner
(c) At Mrs. Forburg's house
(d) At Jeff's apartment

4. Where is the psychic from who calls Ellen with a message that her mother forgives her?
(a) Mississippi
(b) Minnesota
(c) Maryland
(d) Missouri

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa say happened to her mother?

2. What is the group that offers to pay for Ellen's legal expenses?

3. What does Ellen wear to her grand jury appearance?

4. Where is Ellen when Kate dies?

5. Why does Kate say she read the books she and Ellen read as a "book club?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the memory Ellen has about a tree lighting event the first year her mother was one of the Minnies?

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

4. What is Jon's role in Ellen's arrest?

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

6. What happened to ruin Kate's evening out with George?

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

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

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

10. What is the conversation Ellen and Kate have when Hally gives Kate the photo of her newborn baby?

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