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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Sylvie think Ruth is when Ruth finds her downstairs?
(a) Helen
(b) Lucille
(c) Molly
(d) the grandmother
2. Who does their grandmother live with after the grandfather's death?
(a) her three daughters
(b) her three dogs
(c) her two nephews
(d) no one, she lives alone
3. What do Lily and Nona do the night the girls tell them why they're outside with Sylvie?
(a) go to the store themselves
(b) call child welfare
(c) call Mary
(d) pack up and leave
4. What might be wrong with Sylvie?
(a) might be an alcoholic
(b) may not be sane
(c) may be crippled
(d) may be dead
5. What happens to the girls when they return to school after skipping for a week?
(a) nothing
(b) they have to do detention after school
(c) they have to make up all their work
(d) they are suspended
6. What do the girls want from Sylvie?
(a) to talk to Lily and Nona
(b) to take them to Wyoming
(c) to stay
(d) to take them traveling
7. How does Ruth get Sylvie to come upstairs?
(a) She hits her and pulls her upstairs.
(b) She screams at her.
(c) She offers to cook dinner.
(d) She shames her.
8. Where is Sylvie?
(a) she is in Spokane
(b) she has no known address
(c) she is living in Europe
(d) she is in Kentucky
9. What does Sylvie say when asked if she wants children?
(a) She wants to adopt.
(b) She says she has some.
(c) She ignores the question.
(d) She refuses to answer.
10. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?
(a) They play bridge.
(b) They do volunteer work.
(c) They do not make new friends.
(d) They join a garden club.
11. During the flood, what happens when Sylvie goes downstairs?
(a) She leaves the children for a month.
(b) She slips in the water.
(c) She does not come back upstairs.
(d) She drowns.
12. Why do Ruth and Lucille skip school?
(a) It ias too hot so they go swimming.
(b) They did not want to give the teacher a note.
(c) They were not prepared for a test.
(d) They are bullied by other students.
13. How do Lily and Nona try to contact Sylvie?
(a) through Mary
(b) newspaper ads
(c) by radio
(d) by contacting her old boyfriend
14. Why do Ruth and Lucille follow Sylvie when she leaves the house the day after she arrives there?
(a) They think she is not dressed properly for the weather
(b) They are afraid she will leave.
(c) They think she will get lost.
(d) They think she is going to buy them something.
15. How do people in Fingerbone travel the lower lying areas of town during the flood?
(a) swimming
(b) by boat
(c) wading the waters
(d) by rafts
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of food does Sylvie generally make for dinner?
2. To where are Lily and Nona going to move?
3. What kind of residence do Lily and Nona have?
4. How does Lucille stay home from school?
5. Why does Lucille complain during the flood?
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