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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylvie do when Ruth begs her to come upstairs?
(a) She quits talking to her.
(b) She comes upstairs.
(c) She leaves the house.
(d) She slaps Ruth.

2. Where is Sylvie?
(a) she is in Kentucky
(b) she is in Spokane
(c) she is living in Europe
(d) she has no known address

3. What do the girls do at home in their free time?
(a) go over to friends' houses
(b) play jacks
(c) watch television
(d) explore their grandmother's possessions

4. What do the girls clear off the kitchen table?
(a) dirty dishes
(b) a couple of cats
(c) newspapers
(d) Sylvie's can collection

5. What do Ruth and Lucille hear often in the night?
(a) the wind off the lake
(b) screech owls chasing each other
(c) a banging in the attic
(d) Sylvie crying or singing

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Sylvie tell the girls while waiting out the flood?

2. During the flood, what happens when Sylvie goes downstairs?

3. How do Lily and Nona react to change?

4. Where does Molly go when she leaves home?

5. How does Ruth feel about all the freedom Sylvie gives them?

(see the answer key)

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