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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the girls find out what certain sewing terms mean?
(a) asking a girl at school
(b) asking Sylvie
(c) asking a teacher
(d) using the dictionary

2. What do the aunts think about the rumors concerning Sylvie's instability?
(a) They are not true.
(b) They are exaggerated.
(c) They are true but the aunts do not care.
(d) It was only when she was young.

3. Why do bats keep coming in the girls' home?
(a) They like the food.
(b) They have a nest in the attic.
(c) It is very dark inside.
(d) Sylvie leaves the windows open.

4. Where does the town where the sisters stay with their grandmother sit?
(a) on the shores of a nameless lake
(b) on the top of a steep mountain
(c) near the redwood forest
(d) on the cliffs looking over the ocean

5. How do Lily and Nona feel about Fingerbone?
(a) They're indifferent to it.
(b) They hate it.
(c) They're curious about it.
(d) They love it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?

2. The morning after the girls stay out all night, what does Lucille want to do?

3. Why does the town of Fingerbone flood?

4. Who are Lily and Nona?

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

(see the answer key)

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