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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?
(a) leaves and never came back
(b) jumps off the train bridge
(c) drives into the lake
(d) visits the graveyard where her father was buried

2. What does Sylvie do about the girls' questions about their mother?
(a) lies to them
(b) ignores them
(c) pretends she doesn't know the answer
(d) she answers them

3. What is Sylvie wearing when the aunts see her?
(a) salvaged clothes
(b) shorts and t-shirt
(c) fur coat
(d) swim suit

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sylvie?

2. What does Sylvie do when she meets Ruth and Lucille?

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

4. Where does their grandfather end up when he leaves home?

5. What does Sylvie think about the aunts taking care of the girls?

(see the answer key)

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