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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women in Sissie's narrations often wear?
(a) Church clothing.
(b) Bandanas and sunglasses.
(c) Big ornate hats.
(d) Too much jewelry.

2. What type of bird do the children see that is stuck?
(a) A cardinal.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A blue jay.
(d) A blackbird.

3. Which of the following makes the setting in the second summer seem rural?
(a) Sissie's upbringing.
(b) The bar.
(c) The theme of alcohol.
(d) The words that characters use.

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

5. Who has the idea to go to the island in the boat?
(a) Frank.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Sissie.
(d) Jesse.

6. How is the narrator's voice best described?
(a) The voice of ignorance.
(b) The voice of a child.
(c) The voice of anger.
(d) The voice of angst.

7. How is Sissie's family related to somebody they know who marched in a parade?
(a) He is Sissie's teacher.
(b) He is a family friend.
(c) He is Sissie's brother.
(d) He is Sissie's uncle.

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

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

10. After witnessing a character vomiting, where does Sissie wish that she was?
(a) At home in her mother's arms.
(b) At the boathouse.
(c) With her husband.
(d) On the island alone.

11. 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.

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

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

14. What is the cause of a character's vomiting?
(a) Drugs.
(b) They saw something that was upsetting.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Influenza.

15. Which of the following details is provided about Jerry's appearance?
(a) He has pimples.
(b) He has fleabites on his legs.
(c) He has very greasy hair.
(d) He has red hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sissie's parents bicker about in the first summer?

2. What is Jimmy's occupation?

3. What quality about her father does Sissie dislike?

4. What season is it in when Sissie is on the island?

5. What type of innocence would be considered a theme in the book?

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