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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. What does Ruth want to do with the pressed flowers they find?

2. Who follows Sylvie and Ruth at the lake?

3. Why do Sylvie and Ruth go to the lake?

4. What do the girls clear off the kitchen table?

5. What does Ruth have for lunch on the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Lucille do about the sewing after fighting with Ruth?

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

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

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

9. What do the girls do when the weather turns warm?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Sylvie suggested the owner of a boat she steals is a lunatic? Do you think this reflects Sylvie's opinion of herself? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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