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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 play a game with at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her siblings.

2. Which of the following is the name of Sissie's youngest brother?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Frank.
(d) Jesse.

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

4. Which of the following thoughts does Sissie have about her father?
(a) That he is meaner than the other men are.
(b) That he is less attractive than other men are.
(c) That he is unlike other men.
(d) That he does not drink as much as the other men do.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second summer, what type of insect is described as hovering around tables?

2. What is Sissie's father drinking as he approaches the children waiting for him in the second summer chapter?

3. What do the children begin throwing at the stuck bird?

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

5. Which of the following qualities does Sissie use to describe Jimmy?

(see the answer key)

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