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

2. What does the sheriff do about Sylvie's efforts to change?
(a) He commends her.
(b) He schedules a hearing.
(c) He does not do anything.
(d) He says he is going to watch her.

3. How do the two women support themselves?
(a) Ruth takes occasional jobs.
(b) They use the proceeds from selling the house.
(c) They steal.
(d) Sylvie's husband sends money.

4. What does Ruth fear about Sylvie?
(a) She has left them.
(b) She cannot find any food.
(c) She has fallen in the water.
(d) She has died.

5. How do Helen and the girls visit their grandmother?
(a) by taking the train
(b) they went by horse back
(c) in a borrowed car
(d) they flew in a plane

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Lily and Nona?

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

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

4. What is Sylvie doing on a park bench?

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

(see the answer key)

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