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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3?
(a) A decade.
(b) Several months.
(c) Several days.
(d) Several years.

2. How does Sissie believe her father looks as he spits?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Angry.

3. What does the mysterious man offer to take Sissie to do in Part 3?
(a) Row in a boat.
(b) Take her home.
(c) Listen to music.
(d) Drive to a store.

4. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Third person limited.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sissie, what would her father think about Jesse?

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

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

4. Who jokingly offers to take the children on a boat?

5. What does Sissie compare talking to the mysterious man to?

(see the answer key)

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