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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the narrator's voice best described?
(a) The voice of ignorance.
(b) The voice of a child.
(c) The voice of anger.
(d) The voice of angst.

2. Which of the following literary devices is present in the book?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Foreshadowing.

3. Who becomes angry with a woman when she offers something to Sissie during the first summer?
(a) Sissie's father.
(b) The woman's husband.
(c) Sissie's mother.
(d) Sissie's uncle.

4. Which of the following characters are most likable in the first summer?
(a) Sissie's father.
(b) Sissie's aunt.
(c) Sissie's mother.
(d) Sissie's brother.

5. What can Sissie see from her seat as she plays a game?
(a) A sandpit.
(b) A beach.
(c) A lake.
(d) A playground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sissie sitting when she plays a game in her first summer at the tavern?

2. How does Sissie feel when she sees children throwing things at the stuck bird?

3. Who joins Sissie's family as they sit in the first summer?

4. What does a man compliment Sissie's father about?

5. Which of the following describes the setting of the book?

(see the answer key)

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