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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 the sheriff tell Ruth about the next day?
(a) She better be in school.
(b) She is being taken away.
(c) Lucille will meet her at the library.
(d) It is his birthday.

2. What does Ruth do when Lucille talks with her?
(a) She fights with her.
(b) She does not respond.
(c) She cries.
(d) She slaps her in the face.

3. What kind of food does Sylvie generally make for dinner?
(a) cold, mostly canned food
(b) tacos and burritos
(c) Chinese take out
(d) raw vegetables

4. How does Sylvie try to gain acceptance of her custody?
(a) cleaning the house
(b) attending church
(c) talking to the neighbors
(d) cooking healthy meals

5. What does Sylvie urge Ruth to do about the objections?
(a) to keep silent
(b) to dress better
(c) to run away
(d) to return to school

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the town where the sisters stay with their grandmother sit?

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

3. What do Ruth and Lucille hear often in the night?

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

5. Why do Ruth and Lucille stop going to school in March?

(see the answer key)

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