1. Who is the one person to finally shut up Ellen’s father?

      a. Ellen

      b. his brother Rudolph

      c. her mother

      d. her aunts

2. Who calls Ellen’s father a bastard at her mother’s funeral?

      a. her grandmother

      b. his brother Ellis

      c. the preacher

      d. Ellen

3. What unusual name does Ellen’s grandmother use for Ellen’s father?

      a. jerk

      b. nigger

      c. loser

      d. fool

4. Who catches Ellen’s father laid out in the yard?

      a. Rudolph and Ellis

      b. Ellen

      c. the neighbor

      d. her aunts

5. What did Ellen’s father consider himself after he signed off the farm?

      a. depressed about the loss of his farm

      b. stuck with his daughter

      c. deep in debt

      d. a free man

6. What does Ellen do if she hears her father drive in the pathway at their house?

      a. wait for him to come in the house

      b. greet him

      c. go to her room

      d. go to Starletta’s house

7. On what occasion did Ellen’s father bring colored company to the house?

      a. his birthday

      b. New Year’s Eve

      c. Christmas

      d. Fourth of July

8. Where does Ellen hide when her father’s company arrives?

      a. her closet

      b. the basement

      c. at Starletta’s house

      d. in the kitchen

9. What nasty name does Ellen’s father use to tease her?

      a. little mama

      b. baby girl

      c. sugar blossom britches

      d. his sweetie

10. At what time did Ellen’s father show up and disrupt her school day?

      a. during art class

      b. before school began

      c. after lunch

      d. during naptime

11. Where did Ellen’s father inconsiderately park when he came to her school?

      a. on the steps

      b. the special handicapped garden

      c. in the playground

      d. on the grass

12. What could Ellen use to make her father stop tormenting her and leave her school?

      a. a bat

      b. a pistol

      c. some money

      d. a talk with him