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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Ruth and Lucille stop going to school in March?
(a) They visit their father.
(b) There is no school.
(c) They run out of clean clothes.
(d) The weather is warm.

2. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?
(a) drives into the lake
(b) jumps off the train bridge
(c) visits the graveyard where her father was buried
(d) leaves and never came back

3. What does Sylvie say about the objections of the neighbors?
(a) that she is ill
(b) that Ruth is happy
(c) to bug off
(d) She has no defense.

4. What does Lucille demand after she sees Sylvie's picture?
(a) regular meals with the lights on
(b) to meet her uncle
(c) for Sylvie to take them to live with her husband
(d) for Sylvie to hang his picture on the wall

5. How do Ruth and Lucille feel about Sylvie when they meet her?
(a) They like her.
(b) They are indifferent.
(c) They are afraid of her.
(d) They hate her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ruth feel is most likely to occur due to all the fuss about Sylvie?

3. What do Ruth and Lucille hear often in the night?

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

5. Who begins to voice objections about Ruth's care?

(see the answer key)

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