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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sylvie talk to Ruth and Lucille?
(a) sadly
(b) coldly
(c) kindly
(d) anxiously

2. Where were Ruth and Lucille born?
(a) Boise
(b) Seattle
(c) Portland
(d) Tallahassee

3. What does Sylvie say when asked if she wants children?
(a) She refuses to answer.
(b) She ignores the question.
(c) She wants to adopt.
(d) She says she has some.

4. Who does Sylvie think Ruth is when Ruth finds her downstairs?
(a) Lucille
(b) the grandmother
(c) Molly
(d) Helen

5. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?
(a) visits the graveyard where her father was buried
(b) jumps off the train bridge
(c) leaves and never came back
(d) drives into the lake

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sylvie bond with Ruth and Lucille?

2. Why does Ruth hit Sylvie?

3. To where are Lily and Nona going to move?

4. What is Ruth and Lucille's mother's name?

5. Why do Ruth and Lucille follow Sylvie when she leaves the house the day after she arrives there?

(see the answer key)

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