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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers does Sissie have?
(a) One older brother and one younger brother.
(b) Three older brothers.
(c) Two younger brothers.
(d) Two older brothers.

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

3. Which of the following describes the setting of the book?
(a) A tavern in a neighborhood.
(b) An tavern by the ocean.
(c) A tavern on a lake.
(d) An urban tavern.

4. Which of the following might be considered Sissie's tragic flaw in the first summer?
(a) Her love for nature.
(b) Her love for her brothers.
(c) Her love for her parents.
(d) Her fear of her family.

5. Describe the relationship among the children in the first summer the reader sees at the tavern.
(a) Sissie is afraid of her brothers.
(b) Sissie spends a lot of time with her brothers but does not like doing so.
(c) Sissie is close with her brothers.
(d) Sissie wants to be just like her brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sissie describe her mother in the first summer detailed?

2. Which of the following might be considered a tone in the story?

3. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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