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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 Sylvie do when she meets Ruth and Lucille?
(a) She teases them.
(b) She listens to them.
(c) She acts cold toward them.
(d) She dismisses them.

2. Who is the narrator in the book, "Housekeeping?"
(a) Lucille
(b) Naomi
(c) Ruth
(d) Jasmine

3. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?
(a) to run for Congress
(b) to ride a horse across the country
(c) to travel
(d) to sail the oceans

4. How does Sylvie's temperament seem to Ruth and Lucille?
(a) flighty
(b) optimistic
(c) anxious
(d) calm and even-tempered

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the aunts think about the rumors concerning Sylvie's instability?

3. How long do the girls think the aunts will be staying?

4. What is Ruth and Lucille's mother's name?

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

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