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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth do when the trash fire has gone out?
(a) goes to the lake
(b) eats dinner
(c) hides in the orchard
(d) goes to bed

2. Why does Sylvie bond with Ruth and Lucille?
(a) She listens to them with interest.
(b) She is young herself.
(c) She loved Helen.
(d) She does not tell them what to do.

3. What happens when the girls tell Sylvie they skipped school?
(a) She just says she did not realize that.
(b) She scolds them.
(c) She takes them to school.
(d) She takes them to the store.

4. When do Sylvie and Ruth leave the island?
(a) as soon as they see the farmhouse
(b) after nightfall
(c) early evening
(d) the next moring

5. Who do the girls see at the lake after cutting school for a few days?
(a) the principal
(b) Molly
(c) Sylvie
(d) a teacher from school

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucille do with the dress pattern and fabric?

2. What does Ruth do when Lucille talks with her?

3. Why can't Ruth hear Lucille when her sister talks to her?

4. Why does Lucille complain during the flood?

5. What does Sylvie think Ruth can do with the children on the island?

(see the answer key)

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