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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth plan to use to lure the children?
(a) a pretty doll
(b) marshmallows
(c) hot dogs
(d) a book

2. How does Sylvie talk to Ruth and Lucille?
(a) sadly
(b) kindly
(c) anxiously
(d) coldly

3. Who does their grandmother live with after the grandfather's death?
(a) her two nephews
(b) her three dogs
(c) no one, she lives alone
(d) her three daughters

4. What does Lucille do with the dress pattern and fabric?
(a) She stuffs them in the stove.
(b) She puts them in the attic.
(c) She takes them to a friend's house.
(d) She takes them to school.

5. What does Lucille demand after she sees Sylvie's picture?
(a) regular meals with the lights on
(b) for Sylvie to hang his picture on the wall
(c) for Sylvie to take them to live with her husband
(d) to meet her uncle

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the girls' mother when Ruth is six?

2. What do the girls tell Lily and Nona about why they were outside with Sylvie?

3. What does the person from question #77 do after talking?

4. How does Ruth feel about talking to people from school?

5. What do Ruth and Lucille do one day after school to eat?

(see the answer key)

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