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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words describes how Sissie feels at the end of the book?
(a) Useless.
(b) Suffocated.
(c) Fearless.
(d) Dead.

2. At the end of the book, how old is Sissie?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Twenty-five.

3. Why did Sissie end up not going out with her friends?
(a) She was not invited.
(b) She wanted to spend time with her parents instead.
(c) Her parents did not allow her to go.
(d) She did not like the show they were going to see.

4. What does Sissie see that makes her think about her image?
(a) Her reflection.
(b) Her old classmates.
(c) The mysterious man.
(d) A friend of her mother's.

5. What is the current month when Sissie meets the mysterious man?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) July.

6. What does Sissie do as Part 3 ends?
(a) She goes with the man.
(b) She begins crying.
(c) She attacks the man.
(d) She runs back to the tavern.

7. Which of the following do Sissie's parents argue about in Part 3?
(a) Who is the better parent.
(b) Whether or not they should go on vacation.
(c) What color shirt her father is wearing.
(d) A television show.

8. Which of the following is the literary device used to show similarities among the years?
(a) Syntax.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Symbolism.

9. What is the name of Sissie's younger sibling?
(a) Charles.
(b) Sue.
(c) Linda.
(d) Vince.

10. Which of the following things does Sissie use in Part 4 as an attempt to reassure herself?
(a) Her husband's love.
(b) Her father's love.
(c) Her child's love.
(d) Her mother's love.

11. Whom does the mysterious man remind Sissie of?
(a) Her older brother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her father.

12. Which of the following makes Sissie's mother unhappy?
(a) Sissie's father's work schedule.
(b) Sissie's father's ignorance of social etiquette.
(c) Sissie's hair.
(d) Sissie's behavior in school.

13. After kissing the mysterious man, what emotion does Sissie feel?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Love.

14. Which of the following is evidence that Sissie's narration has improved?
(a) She knows about love.
(b) She uses proper names.
(c) She uses simple descriptions.
(d) She has doubts about her marriage.

15. How old is Sissie when she meets the mysterious man?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Fourteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Sissie allude to in Part 4?

2. Where have Sissie's friends gone when she is left with her parents?

3. How does Sissie feel about her father as of the third part of the book?

4. How old is Jesse by the end of the book?

5. Which of her children does Sissie's mother claim was an accident?

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