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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claims to hate their father?
(a) Sissie's father.
(b) Frank.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Sissie.

2. Which of the following thoughts does Sissie have about her father?
(a) That he does not drink as much as the other men do.
(b) That he is meaner than the other men are.
(c) That he is less attractive than other men are.
(d) That he is unlike other men.

3. In what way does Sissie's father offer to let her row the boat?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Inquisitively.
(c) Interestingly.
(d) Jokingly.

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

5. Describe the relationship among the children in the first summer the reader sees at the tavern.
(a) Sissie spends a lot of time with her brothers but does not like doing so.
(b) Sissie is close with her brothers.
(c) Sissie is afraid of her brothers.
(d) Sissie wants to be just like her brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children begin throwing at the stuck bird?

2. Where do Sissie and Jerry wait in the second summer chapter?

3. Which of the following literary devices is present in the book?

4. Which of the following might be considered Sissie's tragic flaw in the first summer?

5. Where is Sissie sitting when she plays a game in her first summer at the tavern?

(see the answer key)

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