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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many brothers does Sissie have?
(a) Two older brothers.
(b) Three older brothers.
(c) Two younger brothers.
(d) One older brother and one younger brother.

3. Which of the following people are at home taking care of a child in the second summer?
(a) Sissie's brother.
(b) Sissie's friend.
(c) Sissie's aunt.
(d) Sissie's mother.

4. Describe the relationship among the children in the first summer the reader sees at the tavern.
(a) Sissie spends a lot of time with her brothers but does not like doing so.
(b) Sissie is afraid of her brothers.
(c) Sissie is close with her brothers.
(d) Sissie wants to be just like her brothers.

5. How does Sissie describe her father's build?
(a) He is large with little muscle tone.
(b) He has always had a fit body from working out often.
(c) He has thin but strong arms.
(d) He is thin but flabby.

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

7. Who jokingly offers to take the children on a boat?
(a) A friend of Sissie's aunt.
(b) A friend of Sissie's mother.
(c) Sissie's uncle.
(d) Sissie's neighbor.

8. Which of the following characters are most likable in the first summer?
(a) Sissie's aunt.
(b) Sissie's mother.
(c) Sissie's brother.
(d) Sissie's father.

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

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

11. In Part 2, where is Frank?
(a) At home babysitting.
(b) At school.
(c) Inside a bar.
(d) With his friends.

12. Why does Sissie first taste beer?
(a) She has always been curious about it.
(b) She wants to be glamorous like her mother.
(c) To be polite.
(d) She does not taste the beer.

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

14. Which of the following is used to describe Sissie's father's mannerisms?
(a) He was always doing something strange.
(b) He is always in a hurry.
(c) He took his time when doing something he was unsure of.
(d) He does not know how to do many things.

15. Who wishes that their father were dead?
(a) Frank.
(b) Sissie's sister.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Sissie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sissie's world revolve around in the first summer?

2. What item makes Sissie feel powerless in the first summer?

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

4. Which of the following details is provided about Jerry's appearance?

5. What inanimate object does Sissie compare herself to in the second summer?

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