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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the occupation of the man who marched in a parade?
(a) Firefighter.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Policeman.

3. What is the bird stuck in?
(a) Mud.
(b) In a discarded net.
(c) A piece of trash.
(d) Scum in the water.

4. Which of the following qualities does Sissie use to describe Jimmy?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Young.
(c) Rude.
(d) A criminal.

5. Why does Sissie first taste beer?
(a) To be polite.
(b) She has always been curious about it.
(c) She does not taste the beer.
(d) She wants to be glamorous like her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a theme in the book, visible in the first summer?

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

3. What type of bird do the children see that is stuck?

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

5. What prediction is most likely to be made based on the first summer?

(see the answer key)

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