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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes angry with a woman when she offers something to Sissie during the first summer?

2. What quality about her father does Sissie dislike?

3. Which of the following is the name of Sissie's oldest brother?

4. In Part 2, where is Frank?

5. Why does Sissie first taste beer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Is Sissie justified in being angry with her parents in Part 3? Why or why not?

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

6. Why does Sissie feel uneasy in the boat with her father?

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

8. Describe the island that Sissie and Jerry explore.

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

10. Compare and contrast Jerry and his father.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Sissie's family dynamic: How does she feel about her parents and siblings? how does this change over time? why do you think this changes? what predictions can you make for the way Sissie's family dynamic will change?

Essay Topic 2

How can the reader tell the differences between each narration? How does the reader know that the narrator has matured between sections? How does diction change? How does Sissie's comprehension change?

Essay Topic 3

How do Sissie's feelings about her father change over the course of the narration? How does the reader know that Sissie's feelings about her father are changing? Analyze her feelings for her mother in the same way.

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