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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does their grandfather end up when he leaves home?
(a) Shinbone
(b) Mt. Helena
(c) Fingerbone
(d) Allocaster

2. Why do they want to find Sylvie?
(a) She might know another relation of the girls'.
(b) She might accept taking care of the girls.
(c) She might know where the girls' father is.
(d) She might give them a vacation from Fingerbone.

3. Where did the sisters' father grow up?
(a) in the south
(b) in New York
(c) in Alaska
(d) Middle West

4. What kind of pictures does the grandfather paint?
(a) red deserts
(b) unreal seascapes
(c) purple forests
(d) of imaginary mountains

5. What did Ruth and Lucille's father do when the girls were young?
(a) became a millionaire
(b) died
(c) moved to Florida
(d) deserted the family

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the girls' mother when Ruth is six?

3. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?

4. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?

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

(see the answer key)

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