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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lily and Nona do about Sylvie and the girls?
(a) lecture them
(b) serve them dinner
(c) go to the lawyer's with them
(d) ignore Sylvie's problems

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

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

4. How do Lily and Nona feel about Fingerbone?
(a) They love it.
(b) They're curious about it.
(c) They're indifferent to it.
(d) They hate it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does their grandmother live with after the grandfather's death?

2. What does their grandfather do when he arrives at the town?

3. Who is the narrator in the book, "Housekeeping?"

4. Why do Ruth and Lucille follow Sylvie when she leaves the house the day after she arrives there?

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

(see the answer key)

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