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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 people are at home taking care of a child in the second summer?
(a) Sissie's friend.
(b) Sissie's aunt.
(c) Sissie's mother.
(d) Sissie's brother.

2. After witnessing a character vomiting, where does Sissie wish that she was?
(a) With her husband.
(b) At the boathouse.
(c) On the island alone.
(d) At home in her mother's arms.

3. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?
(a) Sissie's aunt.
(b) Sissie's brothers.
(c) Sissie.
(d) Sissie's mother.

4. Which of the following is a quality of the narration in the book?
(a) Delusional.
(b) Unbiased.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Indistinct voice.

5. Whom does Sissie play a game with at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it in when Sissie is on the island?

2. What do Sissie's parents bicker about in the first summer?

3. Where is Sissie in the second summer?

4. Where do Sissie and Jerry wait in the second summer chapter?

5. What type of bird do the children see that is stuck?

(see the answer key)

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