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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. Who jokingly offers to take the children on a boat?
(a) A friend of Sissie's mother.
(b) Sissie's neighbor.
(c) Sissie's uncle.
(d) A friend of Sissie's aunt.

2. Whom does Sissie witness throwing up in the second summer?
(a) Her father.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Her uncle.

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

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

5. Why does Sissie first taste beer?
(a) She has always been curious about it.
(b) To be polite.
(c) She does not taste the beer.
(d) She wants to be glamorous like her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Sissie try to pacify as she waits for her father in the second summer?

2. What type of bird do the children see that is stuck?

3. What does Sissie do on the island in the second summer?

4. What is the bird stuck in?

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 causes Sissie to lose trust in her mother?

3. Describe the island that Sissie and Jerry explore.

4. Why is Sissie self-conscious of herself by Part 3?

5. How does Sissie view her father in Part 2? How does this compare to Jerry's view of their father?

6. In Part 3, how does Sissie feel about her father?

7. Why does Sissie say that her father looks like a stranger?

8. According to Sissie, what would her father think about Jesse and why?

9. What does Sissie regret in her past?

10. Why did Sissie marry Jesse?

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