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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom do Sissie's brothers beg to do something?
(a) Sissie's father.
(b) Sissie's mother.
(c) Sissie's father's friend.
(d) Sissie's aunt.

3. Which of the following is obvious to the reader by the second summer about Sissie's father?
(a) He does not love his children.
(b) He is an alcoholic.
(c) He abuses drugs.
(d) He does not know how to row a boat.

4. How does Sissie believe her father looks as he spits?
(a) Angry.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Sissie afraid of the second summer?

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

3. Which of the following is used to describe Sissie's father's mannerisms?

4. Which of the following makes the setting in the second summer seem rural?

5. What is Sissie's complaint about the tavern in Part 3?

(see the answer key)

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