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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Sissie drink as she sits with her parents in Part 3?
(a) Water.
(b) Root beer.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Beer.

4. What does Sissie believe will happen to her love for her husband?
(a) It is more passionate than any other love.
(b) It comes and goes day to day.
(c) It will dissipate over time.
(d) It will last her a lifetime.

5. Which of the following statements is true about Sissie's feelings about her mother at the end of the book?
(a) Sissie loves her mother more than her father.
(b) Sissie will never forgive her mother for putting her through so many injustices.
(c) Sissie has not spoken to her mother in years and does not plan to do so.
(d) Sissie cannot identify her feelings for her mother.

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

7. What is the name of Sissie's uncle?
(a) Edgar.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Joe.
(d) Frank.

8. Who does Sissie believe has laid a path for her to follow?
(a) The mysterious man.
(b) Her mother and father.
(c) Her mother and her mother's friends.
(d) Jesse.

9. What does Sissie's aunt claim to have written to?
(a) The Howie Masterson Show.
(b) The Oprah Winfrey Show.
(c) The Jerry Springer Show.
(d) The Jay Leno Show.

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

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

12. Whom does Sissie believe the burden of her family lies on?
(a) Her father.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her mother.

13. When the mysterious man asks Sissie about her age, how does she respond?
(a) She tells him her actual age.
(b) She tells him she is five years older than she is.
(c) She says nothing.
(d) She tells him it is none of his business.

14. How much time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3?
(a) Several days.
(b) Several months.
(c) A decade.
(d) Several years.

15. Where have Sissie's friends gone when she is left with her parents?
(a) They have gone to see a show.
(b) They have gone on vacation in Mexico.
(c) They have gone to an opera.
(d) They have gone to a carnival.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sissie stop trusting?

2. Which of the following is the name of one of Sissie's friends?

3. Whose future does Sissie believe she can already see in Part 4?

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

5. What does Sissie compare talking to the mysterious man to?

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