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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Sylvie's temperament seem to Ruth and Lucille?
(a) flighty
(b) optimistic
(c) anxious
(d) calm and even-tempered

4. How do Lily and Nona feel about Fingerbone?
(a) They love it.
(b) They're indifferent to it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They're curious about it.

5. What do Lily and Nona do about Sylvie and the girls?
(a) lecture them
(b) ignore Sylvie's problems
(c) go to the lawyer's with them
(d) serve them dinner

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the town of Fingerbone flood?

2. How do people in Fingerbone travel the lower lying areas of town during the flood?

3. What does Ruth fear about Sylvie?

4. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?

5. Who is the narrator in the book, "Housekeeping?"

(see the answer key)

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