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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ruth and Lucille's mother's name?

2. How do Lily and Nona try to contact Sylvie?

3. Why do Ruth and Lucille follow Sylvie when she leaves the house the day after she arrives there?

4. How does the grandfather die?

5. What happens to the girls when they return to school after skipping for a week?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Lily and Nona decide to do about being in Fingerbone?

2. How does Sylvie feel about Ruth and Lucille going to school?

3. How do you think the girls might be feeling when they figure out their Aunts Lily and Nona don't want them?

4. What does the grandmother plan to do with the girls when she dies?

5. How does the grandfather's house fare in the flood?

6. Why do Ruth and Lucille believe their aunt is an unstable person?

7. What is Ruth and Lucille's response to Lucille's encounter with her teacher?

8. What happens when Sylvie leaves the house when she first gets to Fingerbone?

9. What do the girls see at the lake while skipping school?

10. When and how do Ruth and Lucille end up in Fingerbone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As time goes by and Sylvie stays with the girls, the two sisters have different reactions and feelings towards Sylvie's eccentricities. Describe their differences and write about how you believe you would feel in the same circumstances.

Essay Topic 2

By chapter five, we are beginning to see a picture of Sylvie as a person who does not seem to pay much attention to everyday life. What about Sylvie seems strange to you and does her strangeness make her more or less attractive to you? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Ruth and Lucille's life would look like if their mother had not committed suicide?

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