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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 a child.
(b) The voice of anger.
(c) The voice of angst.
(d) The voice of ignorance.

2. How does Sissie describe her mother in the first summer detailed?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Loud-mouthed.
(c) Obtrusive.
(d) A drunkard.

3. What item makes Sissie feel powerless in the first summer?
(a) Her brothers.
(b) Beer.
(c) Boats.
(d) The bird.

4. Who joins Sissie's family as they sit in the first summer?
(a) Her aunt and uncle.
(b) A mysterious man.
(c) A group of children.
(d) Her parents' friends.

5. What do Sissie's parents bicker about in the first summer?
(a) Whether they should be allowing children in the tavern.
(b) Whether she should get a haircut.
(c) Whether the family should leave.
(d) Taking the children out on the lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following might be considered Sissie's tragic flaw in the first summer?

2. How does Sissie describe her mother's hair in the first summer?

3. Which of the following is offered to Sissie by a woman in the first summer?

4. What is Jimmy's occupation?

5. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?

(see the answer key)

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