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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inanimate object does Sissie compare herself to in the second summer?
(a) A lake.
(b) A tree.
(c) A boat.
(d) An island.

2. What does a man compliment Sissie's father about?
(a) Getting a new car.
(b) Getting a new boat.
(c) Moving to a new neighborhood.
(d) The beauty of his wife.

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

4. Who jokingly offers to take the children on a boat?
(a) Sissie's uncle.
(b) Sissie's neighbor.
(c) A friend of Sissie's mother.
(d) A friend of Sissie's aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the relationship among the children in the first summer the reader sees at the tavern.

2. Whom does Sissie witness throwing up in the second summer?

3. What is Sissie's reaction to seeing a character vomiting?

4. Whom do Sissie's brothers beg to do something?

5. Who claims to hate their father?

(see the answer key)

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