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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the girls see at the lake after cutting school for a few days?
(a) Molly
(b) a teacher from school
(c) the principal
(d) Sylvie

2. What does Sylvie do while the girls eat in the kitchen?
(a) walks outside and eats crackers
(b) goes to sleep
(c) asks them about their day
(d) reads a book

3. What does Sylvie do at dinner and in the evenings?
(a) sleeps
(b) prowls the attic
(c) goes outside
(d) tells stories of her life

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

5. What is Sylvie wearing when the aunts see her?
(a) fur coat
(b) shorts and t-shirt
(c) swim suit
(d) salvaged clothes

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is the town after the flood waters recede?

2. What does Sylvie show Ruth on the island?

3. What does Sylvie do when the girls come home in the morning after staying out all night?

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

5. How does Ruth believe her mother would have treated the sisters if she had lived?

(see the answer key)

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