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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Ruth and Lucille stop going to school in March?
(a) They visit their father.
(b) There is no school.
(c) The weather is warm.
(d) They run out of clean clothes.

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

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

4. How does the grandfather die?
(a) a tree falls on him
(b) train goes off the bridge
(c) a grizzly bear mauls him
(d) from polio

5. Where did the sisters' father grow up?
(a) in Alaska
(b) in the south
(c) Middle West
(d) in New York

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ruth and Lucille feel about Sylvie when they meet her?

2. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?

3. What does Sylvie do when Lucille asks her if she knows where the sisters spent the night?

4. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?

5. What does Sylvie do when the girls come home in the morning after staying out all night?

(see the answer key)

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