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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the outcome of Sissie's parents bickering at the tavern in the first summer?
(a) Sissie's aunt begins crying.
(b) Sissie's mother takes Sissie back home.
(c) Sissie's father takes the boys in the boat.
(d) Nothing.

2. What is Sissie's father drinking as he approaches the children waiting for him in the second summer chapter?
(a) Beer.
(b) Juice.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

3. Where do Sissie and Jerry wait in the second summer chapter?
(a) Inside a boat.
(b) Near the water.
(c) On an island.
(d) Inside the bar.

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

5. Who does Sissie stop trusting?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters are most likable in the first summer?

2. What is the occupation of the man who marched in a parade?

3. How does Sissie describe her mother's hair in the first summer?

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

5. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?

(see the answer key)

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