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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Sylvie wearing when the aunts see her?
(a) swim suit
(b) shorts and t-shirt
(c) salvaged clothes
(d) fur coat

5. How does Lucille stay home from school?
(a) fakes an illness
(b) cuts her arm
(c) goes to the doctor
(d) tells Sylvie there's no school that day

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lily and Nona feel about Fingerbone?

2. How does Ruth feel about all the freedom Sylvie gives them?

3. Why do the girls hear the aunts talking about them?

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

5. How do Helen and the girls visit their grandmother?

(see the answer key)

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