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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Sissie's brothers beg to do something?
(a) Sissie's father.
(b) Sissie's mother.
(c) Sissie's father's friend.
(d) Sissie's aunt.

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

3. Which of the following makes the setting in the second summer seem rural?
(a) The words that characters use.
(b) The bar.
(c) Sissie's upbringing.
(d) The theme of alcohol.

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

5. Which of the following indicates that time has passed between the first two parts of the book?
(a) The changing seasons.
(b) The age of the tavern.
(c) The narrator's education.
(d) Maturation in the narration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prediction is most likely to be made based on the first summer?

2. What item makes Sissie feel powerless in the first summer?

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

4. How old is Jerry as he waits with Sissie for their father the second summer?

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

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