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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For what do Ruth and Lucille depend on each other?
(a) to fight with their grandfather
(b) for survival
(c) for help with school
(d) for cooking meals

4. Who does their grandmother live with after the grandfather's death?
(a) her three daughters
(b) no one, she lives alone
(c) her three dogs
(d) her two nephews

5. What does the grandmother want Lily and Nona to do?
(a) care for Ruth and Lucille
(b) move to Florida
(c) find Mary
(d) find Ruth's father

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the girls want from Sylvie?

4. What might be wrong with Sylvie?

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

(see the answer key)

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