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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 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

2. How does the grandfather die?
(a) a tree falls on him
(b) train goes off the bridge
(c) from polio
(d) a grizzly bear mauls him

3. How does Ruth feel about all the freedom Sylvie gives them?
(a) unloved
(b) anxious
(c) angry
(d) comfortable

4. How do Helen and the girls visit their grandmother?
(a) they flew in a plane
(b) they went by horse back
(c) by taking the train
(d) in a borrowed car

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the flood, what happens when Sylvie goes downstairs?

2. Where did the sisters' father grow up?

3. Why does Sylvie bond with Ruth and Lucille?

4. What is Ruth and Lucille's mother's name?

5. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do Lily and Nona feel about children?

8. What does Ruth do when Sylvie will not come upstairs when the house is flooded?

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

10. How do the girls lie to Lily and Nona about Sylvie and what happens as the result?

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