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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the girls' mother when Ruth is six?
(a) She gets sick.
(b) She remarries.
(c) She leaves them.
(d) She commits suicide.

2. What do the townspeople believe happened to Ruth and Sylvie?
(a) they burned in the fire
(b) they drowned
(c) they were murdered
(d) they were kidnapped

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

4. When do Sylvie and Ruth leave the island?
(a) the next moring
(b) after nightfall
(c) as soon as they see the farmhouse
(d) early evening

5. What does Ruth do when Lucille talks with her?
(a) She does not respond.
(b) She fights with her.
(c) She slaps her in the face.
(d) She cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the letter Sylvie receives in Chapter 10?

2. What does Sylvie do at dinner and in the evenings?

3. What excuse does Sylvie give the school for the girls' problems?

4. How does Sylvie try to gain acceptance of her custody?

5. What does the sheriff do about Sylvie's efforts to change?

(see the answer key)

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