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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Ruth and Lucille born?
(a) Tallahassee
(b) Boise
(c) Portland
(d) Seattle

2. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?
(a) a couple of weeks
(b) five years
(c) two years
(d) seven years

3. Who are Lily and Nona?
(a) the grandmother's sisters
(b) Helen's sisters
(c) Ruth's sisters
(d) the grandmother's sisters-in-law

4. Where does the town where the sisters stay with their grandmother sit?
(a) near the redwood forest
(b) on the top of a steep mountain
(c) on the shores of a nameless lake
(d) on the cliffs looking over the ocean

5. What kind of relationship do Lily and Nona have?
(a) they don't understand each other
(b) they're rivals
(c) they are indifferent to each other
(d) close sisterly bond

Short Answer Questions

1. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?

2. To where are Lily and Nona going to move?

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

4. Why do they want to find Sylvie?

5. How does the grandfather die?

(see the answer key)

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