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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the girls do at home in their free time?
(a) watch television
(b) play jacks
(c) go over to friends' houses
(d) explore their grandmother's possessions

3. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?
(a) They do volunteer work.
(b) They do not make new friends.
(c) They join a garden club.
(d) They play bridge.

4. Where have Lily and Nona found Sylvie?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Oregon
(c) Florida
(d) Wyoming

5. What does Sylvie do when Ruth begs her to come upstairs?
(a) She leaves the house.
(b) She comes upstairs.
(c) She quits talking to her.
(d) She slaps Ruth.

6. Why do bats keep coming in the girls' home?
(a) Sylvie leaves the windows open.
(b) It is very dark inside.
(c) They like the food.
(d) They have a nest in the attic.

7. How do Lily and Nona feel about Fingerbone?
(a) They're curious about it.
(b) They hate it.
(c) They love it.
(d) They're indifferent to it.

8. What do the aunts ask Sylvie to do?
(a) come back to Fiingerbone
(b) find Mary
(c) take the girls to Wyoming
(d) contact the family lawyer

9. What does their grandfather do when he arrives at the town?
(a) becomes the mayor
(b) marries and builds a house
(c) becomes the town doctor
(d) marries and then gets divorced

10. How does Lucille feel about all the freedom Sylvie gives them?
(a) happy
(b) anxious
(c) frustrated
(d) frightened

11. What does Sylvie say when asked if she wants children?
(a) She wants to adopt.
(b) She says she has some.
(c) She refuses to answer.
(d) She ignores the question.

12. Where are Ruth, Lucille and Sylvie marooned during the flood?
(a) in the attic
(b) on the top floor of the house
(c) on the roof
(d) in the church

13. Where did the sisters' father grow up?
(a) in New York
(b) Middle West
(c) in the south
(d) in Alaska

14. What do Ruth and Lucille hear often in the night?
(a) screech owls chasing each other
(b) the wind off the lake
(c) a banging in the attic
(d) Sylvie crying or singing

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sylvie think Ruth is when Ruth finds her downstairs?

2. Where were Ruth and Lucille born?

3. Who does their grandmother live with after the grandfather's death?

4. What do the girls want from Sylvie?

5. How does Lucille stay home from school?

(see the answer keys)

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