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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ruth and Lucille hear often in the night?
(a) a banging in the attic
(b) the wind off the lake
(c) screech owls chasing each other
(d) Sylvie crying or singing

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

3. What happens while Ruth is looking at the frost?
(a) Sylvie catches a rabbit.
(b) Sylvie leaves.
(c) Ruth falls asleep.
(d) Sylvie sprains her ankle.

4. Why does the sheriff come by the house in Chapter 10?
(a) He sees the fire.
(b) He finds their dog.
(c) He hears Sylvie screaming at Ruth.
(d) He comes to arrest Sylvie.

5. What happens to the girls when they return to school after skipping for a week?
(a) they are suspended
(b) they have to do detention after school
(c) nothing
(d) they have to make up all their work

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ruth settle for with Sylvie?

3. What do the aunts think about the rumors concerning Sylvie's instability?

4. How do Helen and the girls visit their grandmother?

5. What did Ruth and Lucille's father do when the girls were young?

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