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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 is Sylvie?

2. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?

3. What does Sylvie do about the girls' questions about their mother?

4. Where did the sisters' father grow up?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator's grandfather end up when he leaves home and what happens to him there?

2. Why do Ruth and Lucille believe their aunt is an unstable person?

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

4. What do Ruth's mother and two aunts do following their father's death?

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

6. What does Sylvie do in response to Lily and Nona's ads?

7. How do Lily and Nona feel about being in Fingerbone and caring for Ruth and Lucille?

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

9. What do the girls do to keep Sylvie from going downstairs during the flood?

10. What happens to the narrator's grandmother after her husband is killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think Ruth and Lucille feel about themselves, taking into account their father deserting them, their mother committing suicide and their aunts, Lily and Nona, not wanting to stay with them? Illustrate your answer from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Sylvie comes home after Lucille yelled at her with huckleberries and made pancakes for the girls. Why do you think she did this?

Essay Topic 3

Lucille seems to want a "normal" household. Do you think this is true of most children? Explain your answer with illustrations from your life.

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