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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where are the food and necessities at the house during the flood?
2. What do the aunts ask Sylvie to do?
3. What is Ruth and Lucille's mother's name?
4. How does the grandfather die?
5. How does Lucille feel about all the freedom Sylvie gives them?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the town the second week that Sylvie is in Fingerbone?
2. What do Lily and Nona decide to do about being in Fingerbone?
3. What happens to the narrator's grandmother after her husband is killed?
4. What is Ruth and Lucille's response to Lucille's encounter with her teacher?
5. What do the girls like about Sylvie as far as their mother is concerned?
6. Where does the narrator's grandfather end up when he leaves home and what happens to him there?
7. How do you think the girls might be feeling when they figure out their Aunts Lily and Nona don't want them?
8. What story does Sylvie tell during their stay upstairs to escape the flood waters? How do Ruth and Lucille react?
9. What does the narrator say about her grandfather's youth in the first chapter?
10. How do Lily and Nona feel toward each other?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Ruth and Lucille liked Sylvie when they met her? Use examples from the book and give your own opinion in your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Sylvie tells the girls that she and her husband are out of touch. Explain with examples from the book why you would or would not want to have someone like Sylvie for a spouse.
Essay Topic 3
Sylvie goes into a frantic mode to try and convince the town that she is capable of caring for Ruth. Do you think people can change that fast? Do you think people, once they are adults, can change at all? Support your position with illustrations from the book and your own life.
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