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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Sissie in the first summer detailed in the story?
(a) A teenager.
(b) An adult.
(c) A young child.
(d) A middle school student.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where do Sissie's brothers want to go?
(a) In a boat.
(b) Inside the tavern.
(c) To a friend's house.
(d) To the convenience store.

8. What does Sissie do after seeing a character vomiting?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She begins crying and freezes.
(c) She begins yelling.
(d) She calls her mother.

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

10. Looking at her father from far away, whom does Sissie believe he looks like?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A nervous wreck.
(c) A stranger.
(d) A clown.

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

12. What prediction is most likely to be made based on the first summer?
(a) Sissie's brothers will die.
(b) Sissie will be forced to deal with loss at an early age.
(c) Sissie's father is an alcoholic.
(d) Sissie's mother will have another baby.

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

14. Whom does Sissie try to pacify as she waits for her father in the second summer?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her younger sibling.
(d) Her aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women in Sissie's narrations often wear?

2. How does Sissie describe the island that she goes to with her father?

3. What does Sissie lack in the first summer of her narration?

4. Which of the following is a quality of the narration in the book?

5. What beverage does Sissie's father drink in the beginning of the story?

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