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Chapter 1

1. Who is the narrator in the book, "Housekeeping?"
(a) Lucille
(b) Naomi
(c) Jasmine
(d) Ruth

2. For what do Ruth and Lucille depend on each other?
(a) to fight with their grandfather
(b) for cooking meals
(c) for help with school
(d) for survival

3. What did Ruth and Lucille's father do when the girls were young?
(a) became a millionaire
(b) moved to Florida
(c) deserted the family
(d) died

4. What happens to the girls' mother when Ruth is six?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She gets sick.
(c) She remarries.
(d) She leaves them.

5. Where did the sisters' father grow up?
(a) in Alaska
(b) in the south
(c) in New York
(d) Middle West

6. How was their grandfather's childhood house built?
(a) made of straw bales
(b) dug out of the ground
(c) was a stone cottage
(d) made of wood

7. What kind of pictures does the grandfather paint?
(a) of imaginary mountains
(b) purple forests
(c) unreal seascapes
(d) red deserts

8. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?
(a) to travel
(b) to sail the oceans
(c) to run for Congress
(d) to ride a horse across the country

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