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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Lily and Nona try to contact Sylvie?
(a) through Mary
(b) by radio
(c) by contacting her old boyfriend
(d) newspaper ads

2. How is the grandmother's house after the flood waters go away?
(a) fine, it wasn't flooded
(b) neat and clean
(c) disordered
(d) smelly

3. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?
(a) They join a garden club.
(b) They do volunteer work.
(c) They do not make new friends.
(d) They play bridge.

4. Why does Sylvie think the woman with four children is alone?
(a) The woman's husband has the children.
(b) She is on her way home.
(c) She does not have any money to feed them.
(d) Her children were taken from her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sylvie say when asked if she wants children?

3. Who are Lily and Nona?

4. How does Sylvie talk to Ruth and Lucille?

5. Where are Ruth, Lucille and Sylvie marooned during the flood?

(see the answer key)

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