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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the outcome of Sissie's parents bickering at the tavern in the first summer?
(a) Sissie's father takes the boys in the boat.
(b) Sissie's aunt begins crying.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Sissie's mother takes Sissie back home.

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

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

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

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

6. Which of the following is obvious to the reader by the second summer about Sissie's father?
(a) He does not know how to row a boat.
(b) He abuses drugs.
(c) He does not love his children.
(d) He is an alcoholic.

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

8. Which of the following is strewn across the island?
(a) Silverware.
(b) Beer cans.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Notebook pages.

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

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

11. Whom is Sissie afraid of the second summer?
(a) Frank.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Frederick.

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

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

14. 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 red hair.
(d) He has very greasy hair.

15. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?
(a) Sissie's mother.
(b) Sissie.
(c) Sissie's aunt.
(d) Sissie's brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sissie describe her father's build?

2. Whom does Sissie try to stay away from when she mentions the stuck bird?

3. Which of the following describes Jerry's tone of voice as he waits with Sissie for his father?

4. How does Sissie describe her mother's hair in the first summer?

5. Which of the following characters are most likable in the first summer?

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