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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where are Lily and Nona going to move?
(a) Fingerbone
(b) Seattle
(c) Pittsburgh
(d) Florida

2. How long do the girls think the aunts will be staying?
(a) not very long
(b) until the girls get married
(c) for at least a couple of years
(d) until they're out of school

3. How do people in Fingerbone travel the lower lying areas of town during the flood?
(a) swimming
(b) by rafts
(c) wading the waters
(d) by boat

4. What does Lucille do to keep Sylvie upstairs?
(a) locks the bedroom door
(b) ties her up
(c) runs all the errands downstairs
(d) plays games with her

5. Who does Sylvie think Ruth is when Ruth finds her downstairs?
(a) Lucille
(b) the grandmother
(c) Molly
(d) Helen

6. What do the girls tell Lily and Nona about why they were outside with Sylvie?
(a) that she wanted to take them to the store
(b) that she thought it was too cold for them to be out
(c) that they were disobeying her
(d) that she needed directions to the lawyer's

7. How do Lily and Nona feel about children?
(a) uncomfortable around them
(b) excited around them
(c) happy around them
(d) sad around them

8. What kind of pictures does the grandfather paint?
(a) of imaginary mountains
(b) unreal seascapes
(c) purple forests
(d) red deserts

9. How do the girls and Sylvie eat dinner?
(a) off of napkins
(b) without utensils
(c) in the dark
(d) with chopsticks

10. How is the grandmother's house after the flood waters go away?
(a) smelly
(b) disordered
(c) neat and clean
(d) fine, it wasn't flooded

11. What does Sylvie feel about the girls' questions about their mother?
(a) understanding
(b) depressed
(c) put off
(d) angry

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

13. Where are the food and necessities at the house during the flood?
(a) in the attic
(b) in the garage
(c) on the second floor
(d) on the lower floor

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

15. What does Sylvie do about the girls' questions about their mother?
(a) she answers them
(b) lies to them
(c) pretends she doesn't know the answer
(d) ignores them

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the aunts ask Sylvie to do?

2. Where does Molly go when she leaves home?

3. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?

4. What do the girls do at home in their free time?

5. What story does Sylvie tell the girls while waiting out the flood?

(see the answer keys)

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