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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inanimate object does Sissie compare herself to in the second summer?
(a) A tree.
(b) An island.
(c) A boat.
(d) A lake.

2. What do the children begin throwing at the stuck bird?
(a) Cups.
(b) Food.
(c) Trash.
(d) Stones.

3. What view does Sissie have of Jerry?
(a) He is her best friend.
(b) He does not understand the world around him.
(c) He is kind to her.
(d) He is impatient.

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

5. How does Sissie describe her mother in the first summer detailed?
(a) Loud-mouthed.
(b) A drunkard.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Obtrusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is obvious to the reader by the second summer about Sissie's father?

2. According to Sissie, what color does her father's face turn as he drinks?

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

4. What does a man compliment Sissie's father about?

5. Where was the family in the first summer before they came to the tavern?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sissie feel that she is a burden in Part 3? How does this make her feel?

2. Describe the family dynamic in Sissie's household.

3. In what way has the narration matured in the second summer that Sissie narrates?

4. Why is Sissie horrified when she sees the bird stuck in the scum on the water?

5. Describe the narrator's clarity in the first part of the story.

6. At the end of the book, what does Sissie believe about her mother?

7. In what ways does Jesse remind Sissie of her father?

8. What causes Sissie to feel suffocated in the final part of the book?

9. What has changed in Sissie's life between the first two summers narrated?

10. Describe Sissie, the narrator, as she is first introduced.

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