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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lucille tell the principal at school?
(a) She has a new attitude.
(b) go bug off
(c) her aunt is insane
(d) She does not care about school.

3. What does Ruth do when Lucille talks with her?
(a) She slaps her in the face.
(b) She cries.
(c) She does not respond.
(d) She fights with her.

4. How does Ruth feel about Sylvie trying to change?
(a) She is amazed.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is amused.
(d) She is touched.

5. What prompts the sheriff's visit to Ruth's home?
(a) The yard has not been mowed.
(b) The dog is barking too much.
(c) Ruth is spotted riding a boxcar.
(d) The house has a strange smell.

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

7. Who follows Sylvie and Ruth as they walk home?
(a) barking dogs
(b) a black cat
(c) Lucille and her friends
(d) a boy from school

8. How does Ruth believe her mother would have treated the sisters if she had lived?
(a) She would have been a good mother.
(b) She would have ignored them.
(c) She would have given them to their father.
(d) She would have abused them.

9. What does Ruth have for lunch on the island?
(a) peanut butter and jelly
(b) crackers and cheese
(c) chicken noodle soup
(d) a black banana and salami

10. What does Ruth settle for with Sylvie?
(a) a lot of lectures
(b) a messy house
(c) bad food
(d) any nurturing she can get

11. What is in the letter Sylvie receives in Chapter 10?
(a) a letter from Molly saying she was coming home
(b) the letter from Ruth's father asking for her
(c) scheduling a custody hearing
(d) taking Ruth from her

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

13. What does Ruth believe her mother's death has turned Ruth's memories of her into?
(a) bitterness
(b) an icon
(c) love
(d) hope

14. What does Sylvie say her husband does for a living?
(a) He is a sailor.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He is unemployed.

15. What does Sylvie believe Ruth thinks of her when she talks about the people on the island?
(a) that Sylvie is lying
(b) that she makes friends easily
(c) that Sylvie is an artist
(d) that Sylvie is insane

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff do about Sylvie's efforts to change?

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

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

4. What does Sylvie say about her relationship with her husband?

5. What does Sylvie bring home after the fight with Lucille over the park bench?

(see the answer keys)

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