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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylvie think Ruth can do with the children on the island?
(a) She can play with them.
(b) She can talk them into going to school.
(c) She can catch them.
(d) She can feed them.

2. Why do Sylvie and Ruth go to the lake?
(a) to visit the island
(b) to feed the ducks
(c) to see where Ruth's grandfather died
(d) to fish

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

4. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?
(a) They join a garden club.
(b) They do volunteer work.
(c) They do not make new friends.
(d) They play bridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Ruth, Lucille and Sylvie marooned during the flood?

2. What does Sylvie do when Ruth begs her to come upstairs?

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

4. What shocks the neighboring women about Ruth's house?

5. Why do the girls hear the aunts talking about them?

(see the answer key)

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