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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?
(a) They do not make new friends.
(b) They join a garden club.
(c) They play bridge.
(d) They do volunteer work.

2. What kind of pictures does the grandfather paint?
(a) of imaginary mountains
(b) purple forests
(c) unreal seascapes
(d) red deserts

3. Where does Sylvie go when she leaves the house the day after she meets Ruth?
(a) to the train station
(b) the post office
(c) church
(d) the grocery store

4. Why do Ruth and Lucille follow Sylvie when she leaves the house the day after she arrives there?
(a) They think she is going to buy them something.
(b) They think she is not dressed properly for the weather
(c) They think she will get lost.
(d) They are afraid she will leave.

5. How long do the girls think the aunts will be staying?
(a) for at least a couple of years
(b) not very long
(c) until the girls get married
(d) until they're out of school

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sylvie's temperament seem to Ruth and Lucille?

2. Why does Ruth hit Sylvie?

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

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

5. Why does Lucille complain during the flood?

(see the answer key)

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