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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what do Ruth and Lucille depend on each other?
(a) for cooking meals
(b) for survival
(c) to fight with their grandfather
(d) for help with school

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

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

4. What happens to the girls' mother when Ruth is six?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She leaves them.
(c) She gets sick.
(d) She remarries.

5. What does the grandmother want Lily and Nona to do?
(a) find Mary
(b) move to Florida
(c) care for Ruth and Lucille
(d) find Ruth's father

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Ruth and Lucille born?

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

3. What kind of residence do Lily and Nona have?

4. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?

5. How do Lily and Nona feel about moving from their home?

(see the answer key)

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