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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sissie's father drinking as he approaches the children waiting for him in the second summer chapter?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Beer.
(d) Juice.

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

3. By which of the following items do Sissie's brothers wait?
(a) A car.
(b) A stable.
(c) A bar stool.
(d) A boat.

4. Whom does Sissie most want to help?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) The bird.

5. What type of bird do the children see that is stuck?
(a) A blue jay.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A blackbird.
(d) A cardinal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sissie describe Jerry's shoes?

2. What inanimate object does Sissie compare herself to in the second summer?

3. How does Sissie describe her father's build?

4. In what way does Sissie's father offer to let her row the boat?

5. Who wishes that their father were dead?

(see the answer key)

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