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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lucille complain during the flood?
(a) She is bored.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) She misses school.
(d) She misses going to church.

2. For what do Ruth and Lucille depend on each other?
(a) for cooking meals
(b) for survival
(c) to fight with their grandfather
(d) for help with school

3. What does Sylvie feel about the girls' questions about their mother?
(a) depressed
(b) angry
(c) put off
(d) understanding

4. What does Sylvie think about the aunts taking care of the girls?
(a) they're too young
(b) they're too angry
(c) they're too strict
(d) that they're too old

5. How do Lily and Nona try to contact Sylvie?
(a) newspaper ads
(b) through Mary
(c) by contacting her old boyfriend
(d) by radio

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Sylvie think Ruth is when Ruth finds her downstairs?

4. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?

5. What kind of residence do Lily and Nona have?

(see the answer key)

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