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Ellen Foster
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does Ellen fantasize about in the first chapter? | Killing her father who is an abusive alcoholic who comes to Ellen's school and scares everyone and gets arrested in the middle of the novel |
| How does Ellen try to help her mother? | Makes dinner, sleeps in her mother's bed with her to keep an eye on her, and gets her father out of the house |
| What does Ellen compare her family to? | A wild ride that has broken loose and is out of control |
| How does Ellen's mother die? | She dies prematurely by taking an overdose of her prescription medication at home while Ellen is in bed with her mama |
| What does Ellen say her mother has finally done to her father through her death? | She says her mama has finally shut her daddy up [so he cannot fight with her anymore] |
| What does cousin Dora do on the way to Ellen's mother's funeral? | She wets herself on the seat of the car |
| What does Ellen like about her new home? | Riding the pony Dolphin, lots of food to eat, having pretty curtains and matching pillows |
| Describe Ellen in 3 or more words. | Intelligent, Resilient, Mature, Brave, Good Sense of Humor |
| How does Ellen show her grief at her mother's funeral? | She refuses to look at the coffin as it is lowered into the ground |
| How does Ellen's grandmother feel towards Ellen's father? | Her "mama's mama" hates her father & burns Ellen's father's flag |
| Whose clothes does Ellen wear to school after her mother's funeral? | Her mother's clothes |
| What does Ellen do after her mother's death? | Pays the bills, buys frozen dinners, avoids her father |
| How does Ellen show that she wants a "normal life?" | She plays house with a catalog looking for furniture pictures and she joins the Girl Scouts |
| Who is Starletta and what does she not have in her house? | Ellen's best friend and her family has no indoor bathroom |
| Why won't Ellen eat dinner at Starletta's house with Starletta's family? | Because they are black & very poor, but are kind and caring to Ellen and give her a handmade sweater for Christmas |
| What does Ellen like about her new foster family? | Her "new mama" washes her hair and there is plenty to eat |
| When does Ellen say "I am Ellen! I am Ellen!" to her father? | When he is trying to sexually abuse her and she fights back and escapes |
| What does Ellen's father try to bribe Ellen with to make her come back home? | An envelope of money |
| What does the art teacher Julia & her husband Roy give Ellen for her birthday? | Art supplies-Julia & Roy are "go with flow" happy people who give Ellen a lovely birthday party with cake, presents, and a guest Starletta |
| Ellen reminds her grandmother of whom? | Ellen's father; that's why her grandmother blames Ellen for her mama's death and always suspects the worse from Ellen saying she has her father's evil eye |
| What does Ellen's father die of? | A brain aneurysm; he dies alone |
| What happens to the flag that Rudolph brings to Ellen's grandmother? | She burns it in a fire outside because she hates Ellen's father |
| Why does Ellen care for her grandmother in her grandmother's last days? | Ellen doesn't want to be associated with or blamed for another death but her grandmother dies while Ellen is taking care of her |
| How does Ellen frame her grandmother's body at the funeral home? | With fake flowers even though Ellen's grandmother was mean to her and made her work in the fields |
| Who was supporting Ellen and her father with envelopes of money? | Ellen's grandmother |
| Who does Starletta have a crush on? | A white boy from school named Tom |
| Why does Ellen invite Starletta to her "new mama's" foster home? | Ellen wants to prove to Starletta that she loves her despite her skin color |
| What does Ellen's "new mama" do for Starletta's visit? | She embroiders "S" for Starletta on the towels because Ellen likes fancy towels |
| How is Dora described? | Spoiled rotten and unkind to Ellen and she still wets her pants and believes in Santa Claus |
| What Christmas gift does Nadine buy for Ellen? | A package of art paper only because she says Ellen is "hard to buy for"-Ellen throws this at her feet and decides she is through with Nadine and Dora |
| What Christmas gift did Ellen make for Nadine and Dora? | A picture of cute kittens and cats |
| How does Ellen get revenge on Dora on Christmas Day? | She tells her she [Ellen] has a boyfriend who gave her gifts because she knows Dora cannot get a boyfriend but wants one |
| What does Ellen keep for herself that she doesn't share with anyone? | Her microscope and slides |
| When Ellen leaves Nadine and Dora's on Christmas Day, what does she wear to her "new mama's?" | Her new dress because she wants to make a good impression on her "new mama" and impress her |
| What does Ellen offer to her "new mama" so that she can stay in her stable home? | Ellen's life savings |
| Why does Ellen choose her new name "Foster"? | She mistakenly thinks that Foster is the actual last name of her "new mama's" family |
| What does Ellen realize about Starletta at the end? | Ellen realizes that Starletta has had a more difficult life than Ellen has because she lives on the fringes of society due to racial discrimination |
| The author's attitude ["voice"] toward life is known as _______. | TONE-novel is written from the 1st Person Point of View told by Ellen |
| A truth about life that the author makes a point of is the ___________ of the novel. | THEME; 2 themes in this novel are: family, life & friends AND growing up with determination and resiliency [example-Ellen] |
| Why is Ellen bigoted toward Starletta and her family? | She was brought up to look down on those in the black community, but Ellen learns that racism is wrong |
| How does Ellen show her religious faith? | She talks to God and asks for help to make things right in her life when she feels misjudged and powerless |
| What is the SETTING of this novel? | Rural South in the 1970's |
| What are 2 major conflicts in the novel? | Ellen vs. Family & Ellen vs. Society |
| What technique does the author use to show Ellen's past experiences? | FLASHBACK - allows Ellen to go back into her past and tell the reader about past experiences |
| Who is Mavis? | Black lady who helps Ellen work in the fields and tells Ellen stories about Ellen's mother when she was a young girl |
| Who is the author of the novel? | Kaye Gibbons |
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