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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Molly go when she leaves home?
(a) off to get married
(b) she goes to New York to model clothes
(c) off to be a missionary
(d) she dies

2. What does Lucille have to take to school after she is absent?
(a) nothing
(b) her homework for two days
(c) a note from Sylvie
(d) a note from a doctor

3. What alarms Ruth and Lucille about the state government?
(a) They make children go to school.
(b) They can take children from their homes.
(c) They want to arrest Sylvie.
(d) They tax people.

4. How does Ruth feel about all the freedom Sylvie gives them?
(a) unloved
(b) angry
(c) anxious
(d) comfortable

5. What does a teacher say about Lucille when they return to school following the flood?
(a) that she cheats
(b) that she 8is being transferred to another teacher
(c) that she is a star pupil
(d) that she needs to work harder

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylvie feel about the girls' questions about their mother?

2. How does Lucille stay home from school?

3. In what state is the town after the flood waters recede?

4. Where are Ruth, Lucille and Sylvie marooned during the flood?

5. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?

(see the answer key)

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