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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Lily and Nona live?
(a) Spokane
(b) Chicago
(c) Tucson
(d) New York

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

3. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?
(a) drives into the lake
(b) visits the graveyard where her father was buried
(c) leaves and never came back
(d) jumps off the train bridge

4. Why does Sylvie bond with Ruth and Lucille?
(a) She does not tell them what to do.
(b) She loved Helen.
(c) She listens to them with interest.
(d) She is young herself.

5. Why does Ruth hit Sylvie?
(a) because she hates Sylvie
(b) to kill a bee on her shirt
(c) to bring her out of her withdrawal
(d) because Ruth is angry

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lily and Nona feel about children?

2. What is Sylvie wearing when the aunts see her?

3. How does Sylvie talk to Ruth and Lucille?

4. Who is the narrator in the book, "Housekeeping?"

5. How do Lily and Nona feel about moving from their home?

(see the answer key)

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