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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 Sylvie say about the owner of the boat?
(a) He makes the boat with his hands.
(b) He may be a lunatic.
(c) He has loaned her the boat.
(d) He is her cousin.

2. What do neighboring women bring to Ruth and Sylvie?
(a) a lawnmower
(b) casseroles, knitted scarves, gloves, and hats
(c) cleaning supplies
(d) dog food and a leash

3. What is wrong with the curtain in the kitchen?
(a) It is awful colors.
(b) It is half burned.
(c) It is too long.
(d) It is too small.

4. What does Sylvie do while the girls eat in the kitchen?
(a) walks outside and eats crackers
(b) reads a book
(c) asks them about their day
(d) goes to sleep

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sylvie and Ruth do when they return to the main land?

2. Why does Sylvie give Lucille money?

3. What does Sylvie believe Ruth thinks of her when she talks about the people on the island?

4. What shocks the neighboring women about Ruth's house?

5. What does Sylvie tell the sheriff in answer to his inquiry in question # 164?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Sylvie do to continue to change enough to keep Ruth?

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

3. When Lucille turns the lights on in the kitchen one night what does she see?

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

5. What does Lucille do when she can no longer stand living with Sylvie?

6. What do the neighboring women do about the condition of Ruth's house?

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

8. How does Ruth feel about hanging out with the girls from school?

9. What does Sylvie do when Lucille asks about her husband?

10. What happens when Lucille yells at Sylvie about sleeping on the bench?

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