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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pictures does the grandfather paint?
(a) of imaginary mountains
(b) purple forests
(c) red deserts
(d) unreal seascapes

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

3. Where did the sisters' father grow up?
(a) in New York
(b) Middle West
(c) in Alaska
(d) in the south

4. What do Ruth and Lucille hear often in the night?
(a) the wind off the lake
(b) screech owls chasing each other
(c) Sylvie crying or singing
(d) a banging in the attic

5. Where were Ruth and Lucille born?
(a) Boise
(b) Tallahassee
(c) Portland
(d) Seattle

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sylvie's temperament seem to Ruth and Lucille?

2. How does Lucille stay home from school?

3. What does Sylvie do about the girls' questions about their mother?

4. What does the grandmother want Lily and Nona to do?

5. What do the girls tell Lily and Nona about why they were outside with Sylvie?

(see the answer key)

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