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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sylvie?
(a) she is in Kentucky
(b) she is living in Europe
(c) she has no known address
(d) she is in Spokane

2. Why does the town of Fingerbone flood?
(a) The lake overflows.
(b) The snow melts.
(c) There are three weeks of heavy rain.
(d) The dam breaks.

3. How do Lily and Nona try to contact Sylvie?
(a) by contacting her old boyfriend
(b) newspaper ads
(c) by radio
(d) through Mary

4. Why do Ruth and Lucille follow Sylvie when she leaves the house the day after she arrives there?
(a) They think she will get lost.
(b) They are afraid she will leave.
(c) They think she is going to buy them something.
(d) They think she is not dressed properly for the weather

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls want from Sylvie?

2. How do Lily and Nona make new friends?

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

4. What alarms Ruth and Lucille about the state government?

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

(see the answer key)

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