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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. In what body part does Sissie see similarity between her father and Jerry?
(a) Nose.
(b) Arms.
(c) Brain.
(d) Eyes.

6. What view does Sissie have of Frank?
(a) Frank is too busy to notice his family.
(b) Frank is cruel.
(c) Frank is irresponsible.
(d) Frank has freedom.

7. How old is Jerry as he waits with Sissie for their father the second summer?
(a) Eight.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twelve.

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

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

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

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

12. What is the bird stuck in?
(a) In a discarded net.
(b) Mud.
(c) A piece of trash.
(d) Scum in the water.

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

14. Which of the following thoughts does Sissie have about her father?
(a) That he is unlike other men.
(b) That he does not drink as much as the other men do.
(c) That he is less attractive than other men are.
(d) That he is meaner than the other men are.

15. Which of the following is a new addition to Sissie's family in the second summer?
(a) A bird.
(b) A baby boy.
(c) A baby girl.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims to hate their father?

2. What does Sissie do after seeing a character vomiting?

3. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?

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

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

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