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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Lily and Nona?
(a) Helen's sisters
(b) the grandmother's sisters
(c) the grandmother's sisters-in-law
(d) Ruth's sisters

2. Where were Ruth and Lucille born?
(a) Seattle
(b) Portland
(c) Boise
(d) Tallahassee

3. What might be wrong with Sylvie?
(a) may be dead
(b) might be an alcoholic
(c) may be crippled
(d) may not be sane

4. How do Lily and Nona react to change?
(a) It frightens them.
(b) They like it fine.
(c) They are indifferent to it.
(d) It thrills them.

5. How does the grandfather die?
(a) from polio
(b) a grizzly bear mauls him
(c) train goes off the bridge
(d) a tree falls on him

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lily and Nona feel about moving from their home?

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

3. Where did the sisters' father grow up?

4. How do Lily and Nona try to contact Sylvie?

5. What happens to the girls' mother when Ruth is six?

(see the answer key)

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