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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Whom does Sissie try to stay away from when she mentions the stuck bird?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Her aunt and uncle.
(d) Her father.

4. What type of innocence would be considered a theme in the book?
(a) Innocence of love.
(b) Innocence of a child.
(c) Innocence of animals.
(d) Innocence of the elderly.

5. Where was the family in the first summer before they came to the tavern?
(a) A parade.
(b) A festival for Independence Day.
(c) At a birthday party.
(d) A family dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Sissie's brothers beg to do something?

2. What does Sissie lack in the first summer of her narration?

3. What beverage does Sissie's father drink in the beginning of the story?

4. Whom does Sissie most want to help?

5. Describe the relationship among the children in the first summer the reader sees at the tavern.

(see the answer key)

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