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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Helen do after the girls settle on their grandmother's porch?
(a) visits the graveyard where her father was buried
(b) leaves and never came back
(c) drives into the lake
(d) jumps off the train bridge

5. How long do the girls stay with their grandmother?
(a) seven years
(b) two years
(c) five years
(d) a couple of weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ruth and Lucille's father do when the girls were young?

2. Where did the sisters' father grow up?

3. What does the grandmother want Lily and Nona to do?

4. What is Ruth and Lucille's mother's name?

5. What kind of residence do Lily and Nona have?

(see the answer key)

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