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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following literary devices is present in the book?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Dramatic irony.

2. Which of the following might be considered Sissie's tragic flaw in the first summer?
(a) Her love for her brothers.
(b) Her fear of her family.
(c) Her love for her parents.
(d) Her love for nature.

3. What does Sissie's world revolve around in the first summer?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her siblings.
(d) School.

4. Whom does Sissie most want to help?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) The bird.
(d) Her mother.

5. What is Sissie's reaction to seeing a character vomiting?
(a) Relief.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

6. What prediction is most likely to be made based on the first summer?
(a) Sissie will be forced to deal with loss at an early age.
(b) Sissie's mother will have another baby.
(c) Sissie's brothers will die.
(d) Sissie's father is an alcoholic.

7. What does Sissie do on the island in the second summer?
(a) Plays hide and seek.
(b) Picks up trash.
(c) Becomes sick.
(d) Explores.

8. What do Sissie's parents bicker about in the first summer?
(a) Whether they should be allowing children in the tavern.
(b) Whether she should get a haircut.
(c) Whether the family should leave.
(d) Taking the children out on the lake.

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

10. What inanimate object does Sissie compare herself to in the second summer?
(a) A lake.
(b) A tree.
(c) An island.
(d) A boat.

11. Whom does Sissie describe as being similar to her father?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Frank.
(d) Jerry.

12. What does a man compliment Sissie's father about?
(a) Getting a new car.
(b) Moving to a new neighborhood.
(c) Getting a new boat.
(d) The beauty of his wife.

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

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

15. How does Sissie describe Jerry's shoes?
(a) Not as nice as her own.
(b) Frayed because he has had them forever.
(c) Spotless.
(d) Dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following indicates that time has passed between the first two parts of the book?

2. Which of the following is the name of Sissie's youngest brother?

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

4. What view does Sissie have of Jerry?

5. How does Sissie feel when she sees children throwing things at the stuck bird?

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