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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alarms Ruth and Lucille about the state government?
(a) They can take children from their homes.
(b) They want to arrest Sylvie.
(c) They make children go to school.
(d) They tax people.

2. Why does Lucille complain during the flood?
(a) She misses school.
(b) She misses going to church.
(c) She is hungry.
(d) She is bored.

3. What does their grandfather do when he arrives at the town?
(a) becomes the town doctor
(b) becomes the mayor
(c) marries and then gets divorced
(d) marries and builds a house

4. What do the girls clear off the kitchen table?
(a) newspapers
(b) a couple of cats
(c) dirty dishes
(d) Sylvie's can collection

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the curtain in the kitchen?

2. How does Ruth feel about Sylvie trying to change?

3. What does the sheriff ask Ruth when she comes out of the orchard?

4. What does Ruth do when Lucille talks with her?

5. Why do bats keep coming in the girls' home?

(see the answer key)

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