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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the grandmother want Lily and Nona to do?
(a) find Mary
(b) care for Ruth and Lucille
(c) move to Florida
(d) find Ruth's father

2. How does Ruth get Sylvie to come upstairs?
(a) She hits her and pulls her upstairs.
(b) She shames her.
(c) She offers to cook dinner.
(d) She screams at her.

3. To where are Lily and Nona going to move?
(a) Fingerbone
(b) Pittsburgh
(c) Seattle
(d) Florida

4. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?
(a) seven years
(b) a couple of weeks
(c) five years
(d) two years

5. Who are Lily and Nona?
(a) the grandmother's sisters
(b) Helen's sisters
(c) Ruth's sisters
(d) the grandmother's sisters-in-law

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylvie do when Ruth begs her to come upstairs?

2. Why do they want to find Sylvie?

3. Where do Lily and Nona live?

4. What do the aunts ask Sylvie to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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