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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 does the town where the sisters stay with their grandmother sit?

2. What happens to the girls' mother when Ruth is six?

3. Why do bats keep coming in the girls' home?

4. What does their grandfather do when he arrives at the town?

5. How do the girls and Sylvie eat dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the grandmother plan to do with the girls when she dies?

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

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

6. What do the girls see at the lake while skipping school?

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

8. What do Lily and Nona decide to do about being in Fingerbone?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Do you think the sheriff should have done something sooner about Sylvie and the girls? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Ruth and Lucille's mother commits suicide in the first chapter. How do you think this event affected Ruth and Lucille's emotional and mental health? What do you think could cause a mother to commit suicide with two small children waiting for her at home?

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