ELLEN FOSTER TEST

1. How does the time Ellen spends working on her grandmother's field with black workers alter (change) her view on racism? Why does she say she could pass for a "colored person?"
2. Why does Ellen admire Mavis's and Starletta's families? What about them does she admire?
3. How does Ellen's friendship with Starletta change over the course of the two years the novel takes place? How is this shown?
4. How does Ellen reveal she is wise beyond her age? How does she change and mature as a person throughout the course of the novel?
5. Why is Ellen so glad that she does not believe in Santa Claus? How does this act as an indicator of her maturity? How and why is this sad?
6. Why is Ellen's Grandmother so cruel to her? How does this make Ellen question herself? What prompts her to accuse Ellen of killing her mother?
7.Why does Ellen blame herself for her mother's death? What reason does she give for not wanting her grandmother to die?
8. How is Ellen affected by her relationship with her grandmother? How does her stay there change Ellen, and what does it reveal about her character?