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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sylvie think the woman with four children is alone?
(a) Her children were taken from her.
(b) She is on her way home.
(c) She does not have any money to feed them.
(d) The woman's husband has the children.

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

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

4. What kind of residence do Lily and Nona have?
(a) a stone cottage
(b) a white frame house
(c) an apartment
(d) residence hotel

5. How does the grandfather die?
(a) a grizzly bear mauls him
(b) train goes off the bridge
(c) a tree falls on him
(d) from polio

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sylvie think Ruth is when Ruth finds her downstairs?

2. How do Ruth and Lucille see Sylvie as far as her competence to be a caretaker?

3. How is the grandmother's house after the flood waters go away?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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