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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 does Ruth have for lunch on the island?
(a) chicken noodle soup
(b) peanut butter and jelly
(c) crackers and cheese
(d) a black banana and salami

2. What prompts the sheriff's visit to Ruth's home?
(a) The dog is barking too much.
(b) Ruth is spotted riding a boxcar.
(c) The yard has not been mowed.
(d) The house has a strange smell.

3. What does Sylvie say about her relationship with her husband?
(a) It is very good.
(b) They are out of touch.
(c) She hated him.
(d) He left her.

4. Why can't Ruth hear Lucille when her sister talks to her?
(a) She is not paying attention.
(b) Dogs are barking too loud.
(c) She is exhausted.
(d) She is deaf.

5. When do Sylvie and Ruth leave the island?
(a) the next moring
(b) after nightfall
(c) as soon as they see the farmhouse
(d) early evening

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the sheriff come by the house in Chapter 10?

2. What does Lucille tell the principal at school?

3. Where do Ruth and Lucille spend the night out?

4. What does Sylvie do when Lucille asks her if she knows where the sisters spent the night?

5. What does Ruth plan to use to lure the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ruth and Lucille try to sew?

2. What does Ruth think about the loss of her mother in relationship to her thoughts on Cain and Abel?

3. What do Sylvie and Ruth do the morning they return from the island?

4. What do they see and how do the neighboring women feel about Ruth and Sylvie's house?

5. What happens when Sylvie and Ruth take a boat at the lake?

6. What is Sylvie's reaction to the town's concerns about her and Ruth?

7. What does Lucille decide she and Ruth need to do about their life?

8. Why does the sheriff visit Ruth and Sylvie and what do some neighboring women do about his visit?

9. Where do Sylvie and Ruth spend the night when they leave the island?

10. Why does Sylvie wake Ruth up before dawn after Lucille has left?

(see the answer keys)

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