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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the sisters' father grow up?
(a) in New York
(b) in the south
(c) Middle West
(d) in Alaska

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

3. Where does Molly go when she leaves home?
(a) she goes to New York to model clothes
(b) off to get married
(c) off to be a missionary
(d) she dies

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

5. What happens to the girls when they return to school after skipping for a week?
(a) nothing
(b) they have to do detention after school
(c) they are suspended
(d) they have to make up all their work

Short Answer Questions

1. What might be wrong with Sylvie?

2. Why does Sylvie give Lucille money?

3. What does Lucille tell the principal at school?

4. What picture does Sylvie show Lucille as her husband?

5. Where does the town where the sisters stay with their grandmother sit?

(see the answer key)

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