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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Sissie and Jerry wait in the second summer chapter?
(a) Near the water.
(b) Inside the bar.
(c) On an island.
(d) Inside a boat.

2. Who has the idea to go to the island in the boat?
(a) Frank.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Sissie.

3. What is the bird stuck in?
(a) In a discarded net.
(b) A piece of trash.
(c) Scum in the water.
(d) Mud.

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

5. In the second summer, what type of insect is described as hovering around tables?
(a) Ant.
(b) Flea.
(c) Fly.
(d) Wasp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women in Sissie's narrations often wear?

2. What is Sissie's father drinking as he approaches the children waiting for him in the second summer chapter?

3. What view does Sissie have of Jerry?

4. Which of the following makes the setting in the second summer seem rural?

5. Who jokingly offers to take the children on a boat?

(see the answer key)

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