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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the narrator's voice best described?
(a) The voice of angst.
(b) The voice of a child.
(c) The voice of anger.
(d) The voice of ignorance.

2. Whom does Sissie try to stay away from when she mentions the stuck bird?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt and uncle.

3. What is the reaction of the adults to Sissie's brothers and their begging?
(a) The boys are disciplined.
(b) They reply negatively to the boys.
(c) They reply positively to the boys.
(d) They ignore the boys.

4. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?
(a) Sissie.
(b) Sissie's aunt.
(c) Sissie's mother.
(d) Sissie's brothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Sissie's family related to somebody they know who marched in a parade?

2. What does a man compliment Sissie's father about?

3. How many brothers does Sissie have?

4. Whom does Sissie play a game with at the beginning of the story?

5. Where is Sissie sitting when she plays a game in her first summer at the tavern?

(see the answer key)

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