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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) Boats.
(b) The bird.
(c) Beer.
(d) Her brothers.

2. How does Sissie feel about her father as of the third part of the book?
(a) She thinks he is wasting his life but loves him.
(b) She wishes she had a different father entirely but has compassion for her father.
(c) She loves him but is conflicted.
(d) She hates him and wishes him dead.

3. How did Sissie's father die?
(a) In a bar fight.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) In an accident at a factory.
(d) In a car accident.

4. What beverage does Sissie's father drink in the beginning of the story?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Beer.

5. Which of the following people does Sissie see her father talking to as she waits for him?
(a) Her mother's friends.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A mysterious man.
(d) The bartender.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sissie, what would her father think about Jesse?

2. How old is Jesse by the end of the book?

3. According to Sissie, what color does her father's face turn as he drinks?

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

5. Describe the relationship among the children in the first summer the reader sees at the tavern.

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