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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 say about the owner of the boat?
(a) He may be a lunatic.
(b) He makes the boat with his hands.
(c) He has loaned her the boat.
(d) He is her cousin.

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

3. Why does Lucille complain during the flood?
(a) She misses school.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) She is bored.
(d) She misses going to church.

4. How was their grandfather's childhood house built?
(a) made of wood
(b) made of straw bales
(c) dug out of the ground
(d) was a stone cottage

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

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 want to do with the pressed flowers they find?

3. Why does the sheriff come by the house in Chapter 10?

4. When do Sylvie and Ruth leave the island?

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

(see the answer key)

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