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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sylvie feel about the girls' questions about their mother?
(a) understanding
(b) depressed
(c) put off
(d) angry

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

4. Where are the food and necessities at the house during the flood?
(a) on the second floor
(b) on the lower floor
(c) in the garage
(d) in the attic

5. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?
(a) seven years
(b) two years
(c) five years
(d) a couple of weeks

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?

3. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?

4. What does Sylvie do when Ruth begs her to come upstairs?

5. Why does Sylvie bond with Ruth and Lucille?

(see the answer key)

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