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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 prompts the sheriff's visit to Ruth's home?

2. What does Lucille see when she turns the lights on in the kitchen one night?

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

4. What does Lucille do with the dress pattern and fabric?

5. What does Sylvie do while the girls eat in the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucille demand of Sylvie about dinner?

2. Why does Sylvie wake Ruth up before dawn after Lucille has left?

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

4. What do Sylvie and Ruth do the morning they return from the island?

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

6. Where do Sylvie and Ruth spend the night when they leave the island?

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

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

9. What happens when the sheriff comes to the house to see about the fire Sylvie lit to burn trash?

10. Describe what happens the day the girls spend the night away from home.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucille finally gives up on Sylvie and gets taken in by a teacher at school. How did this affect Ruth? How do you think you would have reacted to the same situation?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think Sylvie's relationship with the girls is similar to their mother's relationship with them? Use examples from the book to illustrate your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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