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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 is Sissie's reaction to seeing a character vomiting?
(a) Relief.
(b) Fear.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Anger.

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

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

4. What do the women in Sissie's narrations often wear?
(a) Big ornate hats.
(b) Bandanas and sunglasses.
(c) Church clothing.
(d) Too much jewelry.

5. Who has the idea to go to the island in the boat?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Frank.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Sissie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sissie first taste beer?

2. After witnessing a character vomiting, where does Sissie wish that she was?

3. Which of the following is a quality of the narration in the book?

4. Which of the following literary devices is present in the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sissie afraid of in Part 1?

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

3. Why did Sissie marry Jesse?

4. What foreshadowing is present in the first part of the story, and what is foreshadowed?

5. How does Sissie compare herself to the boat she rides in? Why?

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

7. Why does Sissie view her brief encounter with the mysterious man as a game?

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

9. How does the writer demonstrate that Sissie's language has matured by the fourth part?

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

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