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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Sylvie tell the girls while waiting out the flood?
(a) about her sister Molly
(b) about blue birds in spring
(c) about her husband
(d) about a woman on a bus

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

3. What does Lucille beg Ruth to do when they are out of the house?
(a) not go back to Sylvie
(b) tell the minister what is going on in their house
(c) run away with her
(d) get a job

4. Who follows Sylvie and Ruth at the lake?
(a) an alligator
(b) an irate man
(c) some ducklings
(d) a dog

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What picture does Sylvie show Lucille as her husband?

2. What does Sylvie feel about the girls' questions about their mother?

3. What do the girls tell Lily and Nona about why they were outside with Sylvie?

4. How does Ruth get Sylvie to come upstairs?

5. Who does their grandmother live with after the grandfather's death?

(see the answer key)

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