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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the girls hear the aunts talking about them?
(a) They talk loud because they are half deaf.
(b) They girls have great hearing.
(c) The aunts talk in the same room with the girls.
(d) The girls eavesdrop.

3. What does Sylvie do about the girls' questions about their mother?
(a) she answers them
(b) pretends she doesn't know the answer
(c) ignores them
(d) lies to them

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does their grandfather end up when he leaves home?

2. What does their grandfather do when he arrives at the town?

3. Where did the sisters' father grow up?

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

5. What does Sylvie do when she meets Ruth and Lucille?

(see the answer key)

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