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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Sissie try to pacify as she waits for her father in the second summer?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Her younger sibling.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

2. Who has the idea to go to the island in the boat?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Sissie.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Frank.

3. Whom does Sissie most want to help?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The bird.
(d) Her brothers.

4. The reader can determine that the narrator has matured by the second summer after studying which of the following?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Diction.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Alliteration.

5. What prediction is most likely to be made based on the first summer?
(a) Sissie's brothers will die.
(b) Sissie will be forced to deal with loss at an early age.
(c) Sissie's mother will have another baby.
(d) Sissie's father is an alcoholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the family in the first summer before they came to the tavern?

2. What is Jimmy's occupation?

3. How old is Jerry as he waits with Sissie for their father the second summer?

4. When Sissie witnesses a character vomiting, where are they doing it?

5. What day of the week is it in the second summer?

(see the answer key)

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