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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Ruth and Lucille follow Sylvie when she leaves the house the day after she arrives there?
(a) They think she is not dressed properly for the weather
(b) They think she is going to buy them something.
(c) They think she will get lost.
(d) They are afraid she will leave.

2. Where does Sylvie go when she leaves the house the day after she meets Ruth?
(a) the grocery store
(b) church
(c) the post office
(d) to the train station

3. Why do the girls hear the aunts talking about them?
(a) They girls have great hearing.
(b) The girls eavesdrop.
(c) They talk loud because they are half deaf.
(d) The aunts talk in the same room with the girls.

4. How does the grandfather die?
(a) a grizzly bear mauls him
(b) from polio
(c) a tree falls on him
(d) train goes off the bridge

5. What does Sylvie feel about the girls' questions about their mother?
(a) put off
(b) depressed
(c) understanding
(d) angry

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lily and Nona react to change?

2. How do Helen and the girls visit their grandmother?

3. What do Lily and Nona do the night the girls tell them why they're outside with Sylvie?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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