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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wishes that their father were dead?
(a) Sissie's sister.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Sissie.
(d) Frank.

2. How old is Sissie in the first summer detailed in the story?
(a) An adult.
(b) A teenager.
(c) A middle school student.
(d) A young child.

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

4. How old is Jerry as he waits with Sissie for their father the second summer?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

5. Which of the following is a quality of the narration in the book?
(a) Indistinct voice.
(b) Clarity.
(c) Unbiased.
(d) Delusional.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Sissie and Jerry wait in the second summer chapter?

3. Whom do Sissie's brothers beg to do something?

4. What is the reaction of the adults to Sissie's brothers and their begging?

5. Who becomes angry with a woman when she offers something to Sissie during the first summer?

(see the answer key)

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