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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes angry with a woman when she offers something to Sissie during the first summer?
(a) Sissie's mother.
(b) Sissie's uncle.
(c) The woman's husband.
(d) Sissie's father.

2. Which of the following is offered to Sissie by a woman in the first summer?
(a) A sip of beer.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) A sweater.
(d) A free kitten.

3. What can Sissie see from her seat as she plays a game?
(a) A playground.
(b) A lake.
(c) A beach.
(d) A sandpit.

4. Which of the following people does Sissie see her father talking to as she waits for him?
(a) Her mother's friends.
(b) The bartender.
(c) A mysterious man.
(d) A prostitute.

5. What quality about her father does Sissie dislike?
(a) His voice.
(b) His drinking.
(c) His quick aging.
(d) The way he disciplines her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes Jerry's tone of voice as he waits with Sissie for his father?

2. What inanimate object does Sissie compare herself to in the second summer?

3. Whom does Sissie play a game with at the beginning of the story?

4. Which of the following thoughts does Sissie have about her father?

5. What do the women in Sissie's narrations often wear?

(see the answer key)

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