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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do they want to find Sylvie?
(a) She might accept taking care of the girls.
(b) She might know another relation of the girls'.
(c) She might know where the girls' father is.
(d) She might give them a vacation from Fingerbone.

2. Who is the person in question #77 talking with at the lake?
(a) two school teachers
(b) a carpenter
(c) a fisherman
(d) some hobos

3. What might be wrong with Sylvie?
(a) may not be sane
(b) may be dead
(c) may be crippled
(d) might be an alcoholic

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

5. What does Sylvie think about the aunts taking care of the girls?
(a) they're too young
(b) they're too angry
(c) they're too strict
(d) that they're too old

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Ruth and Lucille follow Sylvie when she leaves the house the day after she arrives there?

2. How does Ruth feel about all the freedom Sylvie gives them?

3. What does a teacher say about Lucille when they return to school following the flood?

4. Why does the town of Fingerbone flood?

5. What do Lily and Nona do the night the girls tell them why they're outside with Sylvie?

(see the answer key)

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