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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. For what do Ruth and Lucille depend on each other?
(a) for survival
(b) for cooking meals
(c) for help with school
(d) to fight with their grandfather

2. What kind of relationship do Lily and Nona have?
(a) they are indifferent to each other
(b) close sisterly bond
(c) they don't understand each other
(d) they're rivals

3. Where does Sylvie go when she leaves the house the day after she meets Ruth?
(a) the grocery store
(b) to the train station
(c) church
(d) the post office

4. What kind of food does Sylvie generally make for dinner?
(a) Chinese take out
(b) raw vegetables
(c) tacos and burritos
(d) cold, mostly canned food

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ruth and Lucille feel about Sylvie when they meet her?

2. What does Sylvie say when asked if she wants children?

3. What do Lily and Nona do the night the girls tell them why they're outside with Sylvie?

4. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?

5. What might be wrong with Sylvie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the town the second week that Sylvie is in Fingerbone?

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

3. Where do the girls go after the flood water recedes and what happens there?

4. What happens when Sylvie goes downstairs during the flood after telling the girls a story?

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

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

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

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

9. How do Lily and Nona feel about children?

10. What happens when Sylvie leaves the house when she first gets to Fingerbone?

(see the answer keys)

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