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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Lily and Nona live?
(a) Spokane
(b) New York
(c) Chicago
(d) Tucson

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

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

4. What does Sylvie do about the girls' questions about their mother?
(a) she answers them
(b) lies to them
(c) pretends she doesn't know the answer
(d) ignores them

5. What does their grandfather want most to do when he is young?
(a) to travel
(b) to run for Congress
(c) to sail the oceans
(d) to ride a horse across the country

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ruth get Sylvie to come upstairs?

2. How long do the girls think the aunts will be staying?

3. Why does Lucille complain during the flood?

4. What do the aunts ask Sylvie to do?

5. What does Sylvie do when Ruth begs her to come upstairs?

(see the answer key)

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