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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item makes Sissie feel powerless in the first summer?
(a) Beer.
(b) Boats.
(c) The bird.
(d) Her brothers.

2. Which of the following is a theme in the book?
(a) Differences in education.
(b) Different types of love.
(c) Differences in class.
(d) Differences in preferences.

3. Who does Sissie believe has laid a path for her to follow?
(a) The mysterious man.
(b) Her mother and her mother's friends.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) Jesse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What beverage does Sissie's father drink in the beginning of the story?

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

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

4. Whom does the mysterious man remind Sissie of?

5. After kissing the mysterious man, what emotion does Sissie feel?

(see the answer key)

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