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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylvie do about the house to fight the objections?
(a) buys new furniture
(b) frantically cleans it
(c) hides all the trash
(d) does repair work

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

3. What does Sylvie do when she meets Ruth and Lucille?
(a) She acts cold toward them.
(b) She listens to them.
(c) She dismisses them.
(d) She teases them.

4. What does Sylvie do when the girls come home in the morning after staying out all night?
(a) wraps them in warmed quilts
(b) screams at them
(c) makes them go to school
(d) calls the police

5. Why does the town of Fingerbone flood?
(a) The lake overflows.
(b) The dam breaks.
(c) The snow melts.
(d) There are three weeks of heavy rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sylvie wearing when the aunts see her?

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

3. Who do the girls see at the lake after cutting school for a few days?

4. What kind of pictures does the grandfather paint?

5. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?

(see the answer key)

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