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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Sylvie show Ruth on the island?
(a) an abandoned farmhouse
(b) two antique bottles
(c) a cave
(d) a creek
2. 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
3. What does Ruth feel is most likely to occur due to all the fuss about Sylvie?
(a) It will die out.
(b) She will be taken from her care.
(c) Sylvie will stay on top of things.
(d) Lucille will come back and help out.
4. What does Sylvie tell Ruth about the people on the island?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are good friends.
(c) They are rich.
(d) They have ten children.
5. What does Sylvie say her husband does for a living?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is unemployed.
(c) He is a sailor.
(d) He is a teacher.
6. What does Lucille beg Ruth to do when they are out of the house?
(a) not go back to Sylvie
(b) tell the minister what is going on in their house
(c) get a job
(d) run away with her
7. Where do Ruth and Lucille spend the night out?
(a) in the church
(b) at a teacher's house
(c) at the lake
(d) at a friend's house
8. What does Sylvie say about the objections of the neighbors?
(a) that she is ill
(b) She has no defense.
(c) that Ruth is happy
(d) to bug off
9. What does Sylvie bring home after the fight with Lucille over the park bench?
(a) huckleberries
(b) a small puppy
(c) hamburger
(d) milk
10. What does Sylvie do while the girls eat in the kitchen?
(a) walks outside and eats crackers
(b) goes to sleep
(c) reads a book
(d) asks them about their day
11. Who follows Sylvie and Ruth at the lake?
(a) some ducklings
(b) a dog
(c) an alligator
(d) an irate man
12. What does the sheriff do about Sylvie's efforts to change?
(a) He does not do anything.
(b) He says he is going to watch her.
(c) He commends her.
(d) He schedules a hearing.
13. What does Lucille do when they find Sylvie on the park bench?
(a) goes home and cleans
(b) slaps her on the face
(c) kicks her
(d) goes and calls the police
14. What does Ruth want to do with the pressed flowers they find?
(a) seeps them for tea
(b) puts them in the dinner salad
(c) sprinkles them in the front yard
(d) puts them in another book
15. What does Sylvie say about the owner of the boat?
(a) He makes the boat with his hands.
(b) He has loaned her the boat.
(c) He may be a lunatic.
(d) He is her cousin.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ruth have for lunch on the island?
2. How does Ruth believe her mother would have treated the sisters if she had lived?
3. What excuse does Sylvie give the school for the girls' problems?
4. Who begins to voice objections about Ruth's care?
5. What does Ruth plan to use to lure the children?
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