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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does their grandfather end up when he leaves home?
(a) Shinbone
(b) Mt. Helena
(c) Allocaster
(d) Fingerbone

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

4. What might be wrong with Sylvie?
(a) may be crippled
(b) might be an alcoholic
(c) may be dead
(d) may not be sane

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the girls see at the lake after cutting school for a few days?

2. What does Sylvie do when she meets Ruth and Lucille?

3. What do the girls want from Sylvie?

4. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?

5. How do Lily and Nona feel about Fingerbone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sylvie feel about Ruth and Lucille going to school?

2. What happens to the narrator's grandmother after her husband is killed?

3. How do Lily and Nona feel about being in Fingerbone and caring for Ruth and Lucille?

4. Why do Ruth and Lucille believe their aunt is an unstable person?

5. What do the girls do to keep Sylvie from going downstairs during the flood?

6. What does Sylvie do in response to Lily and Nona's ads?

7. What does the grandmother plan to do with the girls when she dies?

8. What do Ruth's mother and two aunts do following their father's death?

9. What is Ruth and Lucille's response to Lucille's encounter with her teacher?

10. What do the girls like about Sylvie as far as their mother is concerned?

(see the answer keys)

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