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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucille demand after she sees Sylvie's picture?
(a) for Sylvie to hang his picture on the wall
(b) regular meals with the lights on
(c) for Sylvie to take them to live with her husband
(d) to meet her uncle

2. What do the girls clear off the kitchen table?
(a) a couple of cats
(b) newspapers
(c) dirty dishes
(d) Sylvie's can collection

3. Why can't Ruth hear Lucille when her sister talks to her?
(a) She is exhausted.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) Dogs are barking too loud.
(d) She is not paying attention.

4. What does Sylvie do when Lucille asks her if she knows where the sisters spent the night?
(a) says she watched them all night
(b) laughs
(c) shrugs her shoulders
(d) puts them on restriction

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

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

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

8. What does Lucille bring home from the store?
(a) a dress pattern and fabric
(b) some school supplies
(c) a pound of hamburger
(d) a dozen eggs

9. What does Ruth want to do with the pressed flowers they find?
(a) seeps them for tea
(b) puts them in another book
(c) puts them in the dinner salad
(d) sprinkles them in the front yard

10. How do the girls find out what certain sewing terms mean?
(a) asking a teacher
(b) asking a girl at school
(c) asking Sylvie
(d) using the dictionary

11. What do neighboring women bring to Ruth and Sylvie?
(a) cleaning supplies
(b) casseroles, knitted scarves, gloves, and hats
(c) a lawnmower
(d) dog food and a leash

12. What is wrong with the curtain in the kitchen?
(a) It is too long.
(b) It is too small.
(c) It is half burned.
(d) It is awful colors.

13. Who follows Sylvie and Ruth at the lake?
(a) a dog
(b) an irate man
(c) an alligator
(d) some ducklings

14. What does Sylvie do about the house to fight the objections?
(a) hides all the trash
(b) frantically cleans it
(c) does repair work
(d) buys new furniture

15. What picture does Sylvie show Lucille as her husband?
(a) a picture in a small locket
(b) her wedding picture
(c) a sailor out of a magazine
(d) a drawing of her husband

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do Sylvie and Ruth go to the lake?

3. What happens to the pressed flowers the sisters find?

4. What does Sylvie do when she comes home with the answer in question #108?

5. What does Ruth plan to use to lure the children?

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