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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylvie do after the answer in question #105?
(a) sits down
(b) leaves the house
(c) sends Lucille to bed
(d) cooks dinner

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

3. Who are Lily and Nona?
(a) the grandmother's sisters
(b) Ruth's sisters
(c) the grandmother's sisters-in-law
(d) Helen's sisters

4. What does Lucille do to keep Sylvie upstairs?
(a) plays games with her
(b) runs all the errands downstairs
(c) ties her up
(d) locks the bedroom door

5. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?
(a) to run for Congress
(b) to travel
(c) to sail the oceans
(d) to ride a horse across the country

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator in the book, "Housekeeping?"

2. What does Sylvie do when she comes home with the answer in question #108?

3. During the flood, what happens when Sylvie goes downstairs?

4. What happens to the girls' mother when Ruth is six?

5. What does Sylvie bring home after the fight with Lucille over the park bench?

(see the answer key)

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