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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. What kind of pictures does the grandfather paint?
(a) red deserts
(b) unreal seascapes
(c) of imaginary mountains
(d) purple forests

2. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?
(a) to run for Congress
(b) to ride a horse across the country
(c) to sail the oceans
(d) to travel

3. What is Ruth and Lucille's mother's name?
(a) Priscilla
(b) Lulu
(c) Bethany
(d) Helen

4. What happens to the girls when they return to school after skipping for a week?
(a) nothing
(b) they are suspended
(c) they have to do detention after school
(d) they have to make up all their work

5. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?
(a) They do volunteer work.
(b) They play bridge.
(c) They do not make new friends.
(d) They join a garden club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food does Sylvie generally make for dinner?

2. Where did the sisters' father grow up?

3. What is Sylvie wearing when the aunts see her?

4. How does Ruth get Sylvie to come upstairs?

5. What do Ruth and Lucille hear often in the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the girls see at the lake while skipping school?

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

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

4. What do the girls know about Sylvie after one day in the house?

5. What do Lily and Nona decide to do about being in Fingerbone?

6. What does Ruth and Lucille's mother do after she leaves them on the front porch?

7. How do Lily and Nona feel about children?

8. What does Sylvie look like when she arrives in Fingerbone?

9. How do Lily and Nona feel toward each other?

10. When and how do Ruth and Lucille end up in Fingerbone?

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