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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sissie witnesses a character vomiting, where are they doing it?
(a) In the same place she once saw a trapped bird.
(b) Onto the island's soil.
(c) Into a trash can.
(d) Into the water.

2. Where do Sissie's brothers want to go?
(a) In a boat.
(b) To a friend's house.
(c) To the convenience store.
(d) Inside the tavern.

3. What do Sissie's parents bicker about in the first summer?
(a) Taking the children out on the lake.
(b) Whether the family should leave.
(c) Whether she should get a haircut.
(d) Whether they should be allowing children in the tavern.

4. How does Sissie describe her father's build?
(a) He has always had a fit body from working out often.
(b) He has thin but strong arms.
(c) He is thin but flabby.
(d) He is large with little muscle tone.

5. Which of the following literary devices is present in the book?
(a) Dramatic irony.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Alliteration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following people are at home taking care of a child in the second summer?

3. Who wishes that their father were dead?

4. What is the cause of a character's vomiting?

5. Whom is Sissie afraid of the second summer?

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