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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sylvie think Ruth is when Ruth finds her downstairs?
(a) Molly
(b) Lucille
(c) the grandmother
(d) Helen

2. Where does Sylvie go when she leaves the house the day after she meets Ruth?
(a) to the train station
(b) church
(c) the post office
(d) the grocery store

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

4. How do Ruth and Lucille see Sylvie as far as her competence to be a caretaker?
(a) That she is very mature.
(b) That she is great.
(c) That she will be very strict.
(d) She is not responsible.

5. In what state is the town after the flood waters recede?
(a) happy
(b) depressed
(c) dirty
(d) disorganized

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucille do to keep Sylvie upstairs?

2. Why do the girls hear the aunts talking about them?

3. How do people in Fingerbone travel the lower lying areas of town during the flood?

4. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?

5. What do the aunts think about the rumors concerning Sylvie's instability?

(see the answer key)

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