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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sissie describe her mother in the first summer detailed?
(a) Obtrusive.
(b) Pretty.
(c) A drunkard.
(d) Loud-mouthed.

2. What is Jimmy's occupation?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Firefighter.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Chef.

3. Where was the family in the first summer before they came to the tavern?
(a) A parade.
(b) At a birthday party.
(c) A family dinner.
(d) A festival for Independence Day.

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

5. Whom does Sissie witness throwing up in the second summer?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Jerry.

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

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

8. Where is Sissie in the second summer?
(a) A playground.
(b) The boathouse.
(c) Her home.
(d) A friend's house.

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

10. When Sissie witnesses a character vomiting, where are they doing it?
(a) Onto the island's soil.
(b) In the same place she once saw a trapped bird.
(c) Into the water.
(d) Into a trash can.

11. Whom does Sissie try to stay away from when she mentions the stuck bird?
(a) Her brothers.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt and uncle.

12. Which of the following describes Jerry's tone of voice as he waits with Sissie for his father?
(a) Whiny.
(b) Demanding.
(c) Shrill.
(d) Whispering.

13. What type of innocence would be considered a theme in the book?
(a) Innocence of a child.
(b) Innocence of animals.
(c) Innocence of love.
(d) Innocence of the elderly.

14. What can Sissie see from her seat as she plays a game?
(a) A beach.
(b) A sandpit.
(c) A playground.
(d) A lake.

15. What quality about her father does Sissie dislike?
(a) The way he disciplines her.
(b) His drinking.
(c) His voice.
(d) His quick aging.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sissie believe her father looks as he spits?

2. Where is Sissie sitting when she plays a game in her first summer at the tavern?

3. What is Sissie's father drinking as he approaches the children waiting for him in the second summer chapter?

4. Which of the following is a new addition to Sissie's family in the second summer?

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

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