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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Ruth and Lucille stop going to school in March?
(a) The weather is warm.
(b) They visit their father.
(c) They run out of clean clothes.
(d) There is no school.

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

3. The morning after the girls stay out all night, what does Lucille want to do?
(a) take the girls from school
(b) find their father
(c) go to church
(d) go to the lake

4. Of what does the hands-off care from Sylvie remind Ruth?
(a) their grandmother's behavior
(b) their mother's behavior
(c) their father's behavior
(d) the teachers at school

5. What does Sylvie do with all the newspapers and magazines in the house?
(a) donates them to Goodwill
(b) gives them to the library
(c) burns them
(d) arranges them neatly on shelves

6. Where do Sylvie and Ruth spend the night?
(a) in the rowboat
(b) in the farmhouse
(c) on the beach
(d) at home

7. What does Sylvie bring home after the fight with Lucille over the park bench?
(a) huckleberries
(b) a small puppy
(c) hamburger
(d) milk

8. What does the sheriff do about Sylvie's efforts to change?
(a) He says he is going to watch her.
(b) He does not do anything.
(c) He commends her.
(d) He schedules a hearing.

9. What shocks the neighboring women about Ruth's house?
(a) the chaos
(b) the cleanliness
(c) the number of dogs there
(d) the smell

10. What does Ruth plan to use to lure the children?
(a) marshmallows
(b) a book
(c) a pretty doll
(d) hot dogs

11. What does the sheriff asks Sylvie when he stops by the house?
(a) to talk to Ruth
(b) where the girls' father is
(c) where Lucille is staying
(d) if she stole a boat

12. How does Sylvie try to gain acceptance of her custody?
(a) talking to the neighbors
(b) cleaning the house
(c) cooking healthy meals
(d) attending church

13. What does Lucille do with the dress pattern and fabric?
(a) She takes them to school.
(b) She takes them to a friend's house.
(c) She stuffs them in the stove.
(d) She puts them in the attic.

14. What does Lucille do when Sylvie returns to the house after leaving the park bench?
(a) ignores her
(b) slaps her
(c) yells at her
(d) goes to bed

15. Why does the sheriff come by the house in Chapter 10?
(a) He finds their dog.
(b) He hears Sylvie screaming at Ruth.
(c) He sees the fire.
(d) He comes to arrest Sylvie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth want to do with the pressed flowers they find?

2. What does Ruth have for lunch on the island?

3. What does Ruth believe her mother's death has turned Ruth's memories of her into?

4. Why can't Ruth hear Lucille when her sister talks to her?

5. What does Lucille want to do with the pressed flowers they find in a book?

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