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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. Which of the following is the name of Sissie's youngest brother?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Frank.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Jerry.

2. How is the narrator's voice best described?
(a) The voice of angst.
(b) The voice of anger.
(c) The voice of ignorance.
(d) The voice of a child.

3. How does Sissie describe the island that she goes to with her father?
(a) Untouched.
(b) Small and dirty.
(c) Large and open.
(d) Cluttered and expansive.

4. Where is Sissie sitting when she plays a game in her first summer at the tavern?
(a) On a bench.
(b) On a deck.
(c) On the grass.
(d) At a table.

5. How does Sissie describe her father's build?
(a) He is large with little muscle tone.
(b) He is thin but flabby.
(c) He has thin but strong arms.
(d) He has always had a fit body from working out often.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of a character's vomiting?

2. Who has the idea to go to the island in the boat?

3. Which of the following is a theme in the book, visible in the first summer?

4. Which of the following qualities does Sissie use to describe Jimmy?

5. How does Sissie describe Jerry's shoes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the relationship between Sissie and her mother changed over the course of the story?

2. What sets Sissie apart from the other children in Part 1?

3. In what way does Sissie compare herself to her mother? How does she think they are different?

4. Describe Sissie's mother in the beginning of the story.

5. How does the reader know that time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3?

6. When Sissie sees her father throwing up, why is she afraid?

7. After reading about Sissie's first summer experience at the tavern, what predictions can be made about the rest of the story?

8. What is Sissie afraid of in Part 1?

9. Why does Sissie call her encounter with the mysterious man a "game"?

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

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