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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 are afraid she will leave.
(b) They think she is not dressed properly for the weather
(c) They think she is going to buy them something.
(d) They think she will get lost.

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

3. What do the aunts ask Sylvie to do?
(a) find Mary
(b) come back to Fiingerbone
(c) take the girls to Wyoming
(d) contact the family lawyer

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. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?
(a) two years
(b) seven years
(c) five years
(d) a couple of weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lily and Nona feel about children?

2. How do Ruth and Lucille feel about Sylvie when they meet her?

3. Where is Sylvie?

4. How do Ruth and Lucille see Sylvie as far as her competence to be a caretaker?

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

(see the answer key)

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