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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 tell Ruth about the people on the island?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They have ten children.
(c) They are good friends.
(d) They are cousins.

2. Why does Lucille ask Sylvie about her husband?
(a) she wanted to know who he was
(b) she thought he might visit
(c) to spite her
(d) she was curious

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

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

5. What does Sylvie say her husband does for a living?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is unemployed.
(d) He is a sailor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Lily and Nona live?

3. How does Lucille feel about all the freedom Sylvie gives them?

4. How do Helen and the girls visit their grandmother?

5. How do Ruth and Lucille see Sylvie as far as her competence to be a caretaker?

(see the answer key)

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