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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sylvie wearing when the aunts see her?
(a) shorts and t-shirt
(b) salvaged clothes
(c) fur coat
(d) swim suit

2. How does Ruth get Sylvie to come upstairs?
(a) She screams at her.
(b) She offers to cook dinner.
(c) She shames her.
(d) She hits her and pulls her upstairs.

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

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

5. What do Lily and Nona do the night the girls tell them why they're outside with Sylvie?
(a) call Mary
(b) go to the store themselves
(c) pack up and leave
(d) call child welfare

Short Answer Questions

1. During the flood, what happens when Sylvie goes downstairs?

2. What story does Sylvie tell the girls while waiting out the flood?

3. How do Lily and Nona try to contact Sylvie?

4. How do Lily and Nona feel about children?

5. Where were Ruth and Lucille born?

(see the answer key)

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