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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. When do Sylvie and Ruth leave the island?

2. What does Lucille demand after she sees Sylvie's picture?

3. What is wrong with the curtain in the kitchen?

4. What does Sylvie tell the sheriff about Ruth hiding in the orchard?

5. What does the sheriff tell Ruth about the next day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sylvie do when Lucille asks about her husband?

5. How does Ruth feel about hanging out with the girls from school?

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

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

8. What does Lucille demand of Sylvie about dinner?

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

10. What is Sylvie's reaction to the town's concerns about her and Ruth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the physical setting of the novel, Fingerbone, with the events that have been shown in the sister's lives in chapter one. How does one reflect the other? What foreshadowing to the rest of the narrator's life, might be gleaned from the descriptions of Fingerbone and the types of events common in that town?

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

By chapter five, we are beginning to see a picture of Sylvie as a person who does not seem to pay much attention to everyday life. What about Sylvie seems strange to you and does her strangeness make her more or less attractive to you? Why?

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