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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Sissie most want to help?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The bird.

2. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?
(a) Sissie's mother.
(b) Sissie's aunt.
(c) Sissie's brothers.
(d) Sissie.

3. Whom does Sissie try to stay away from when she mentions the stuck bird?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her aunt and uncle.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Her brothers.

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 prostitute.
(d) A mysterious man.

5. What item makes Sissie feel powerless in the first summer?
(a) Beer.
(b) The bird.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims to hate their father?

2. In the second summer, how long ago did Jerry get into big trouble?

3. By which of the following items do Sissie's brothers wait?

4. What is the reaction of the adults to Sissie's brothers and their begging?

5. How does Sissie describe Jerry's shoes?

(see the answer key)

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