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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does their grandfather do when he arrives at the town?
(a) becomes the town doctor
(b) marries and then gets divorced
(c) marries and builds a house
(d) becomes the mayor

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

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

4. Why does Sylvie bond with Ruth and Lucille?
(a) She loved Helen.
(b) She does not tell them what to do.
(c) She listens to them with interest.
(d) She is young herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ruth and Lucille see Sylvie as far as her competence to be a caretaker?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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