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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a theme in the book, visible in the first summer?
(a) Devotion to self.
(b) Animal nurturing.
(c) Devotion to one's mother.
(d) Imperfections in the world.

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

3. What is Sissie's father drinking as he approaches the children waiting for him in the second summer chapter?
(a) Juice.
(b) Wine.
(c) Water.
(d) Beer.

4. Where do Sissie's brothers want to go?
(a) In a boat.
(b) Inside the tavern.
(c) To a friend's house.
(d) To the convenience store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, where is Frank?

2. Whom does Sissie try to stay away from when she mentions the stuck bird?

3. How is the narrator's voice best described?

4. What does Sissie's world revolve around in the first summer?

5. The reader can determine that the narrator has matured by the second summer after studying which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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