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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is Sissie foreshadowed to be most like?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her father.

2. What is Sissie's father drinking as he approaches the children waiting for him in the second summer chapter?
(a) Beer.
(b) Juice.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

3. Whom does Sissie play a game with at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her siblings.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her father.

4. How does Sissie describe the island that she goes to with her father?
(a) Untouched.
(b) Large and open.
(c) Cluttered and expansive.
(d) Small and dirty.

5. When Sissie thinks about her mother, which of the following emotions does she feel?
(a) Emptiness.
(b) Grief.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a theme in the book, visible in the first summer?

2. What type of bird do the children see that is stuck?

3. Whom does Sissie try to stay away from when she mentions the stuck bird?

4. Which of the following is the literary device used to show similarities among the years?

5. From what point of view is the story told?

(see the answer key)

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