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

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

3. What does Sylvie think about the aunts taking care of the girls?
(a) they're too angry
(b) they're too young
(c) they're too strict
(d) that they're too old

4. How do Ruth and Lucille feel about Sylvie when they meet her?
(a) They like her.
(b) They are indifferent.
(c) They hate her.
(d) They are afraid of her.

5. How do Ruth and Lucille see Sylvie as far as her competence to be a caretaker?
(a) She is not responsible.
(b) That she is very mature.
(c) That she is great.
(d) That she will be very strict.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lily and Nona do about Sylvie and the girls?

2. Where do Lily and Nona live?

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

4. What does Sylvie do when she meets Ruth and Lucille?

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

(see the answer key)

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