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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a man compliment Sissie's father about?
(a) Getting a new boat.
(b) Getting a new car.
(c) The beauty of his wife.
(d) Moving to a new neighborhood.

2. How does Sissie describe her father's build?
(a) He is thin but flabby.
(b) He is large with little muscle tone.
(c) He has always had a fit body from working out often.
(d) He has thin but strong arms.

3. What prediction is most likely to be made based on the first summer?
(a) Sissie's brothers will die.
(b) Sissie's father is an alcoholic.
(c) Sissie's mother will have another baby.
(d) Sissie will be forced to deal with loss at an early age.

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

5. Looking at her father from far away, whom does Sissie believe he looks like?
(a) A stranger.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A nervous wreck.
(d) A clown.

6. What does Sissie focus on as her father takes a drink of his beverage in the second summer?
(a) His chest.
(b) His hands.
(c) His mouth.
(d) His throat.

7. The reader can determine that the narrator has matured by the second summer after studying which of the following?
(a) Diction.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Symbolism.

8. Which of the following is obvious to the reader by the second summer about Sissie's father?
(a) He abuses drugs.
(b) He does not love his children.
(c) He is an alcoholic.
(d) He does not know how to row a boat.

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

10. Which of the following is a new addition to Sissie's family in the second summer?
(a) A bird.
(b) A baby boy.
(c) A baby girl.
(d) A cat.

11. What does Sissie do on the island in the second summer?
(a) Plays hide and seek.
(b) Explores.
(c) Becomes sick.
(d) Picks up trash.

12. What view does Sissie have of Jerry?
(a) He is impatient.
(b) He is her best friend.
(c) He does not understand the world around him.
(d) He is kind to her.

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

14. Which of the following thoughts does Sissie have about her father?
(a) That he is meaner than the other men are.
(b) That he is less attractive than other men are.
(c) That he is unlike other men.
(d) That he does not drink as much as the other men do.

15. Which of the following details is provided about Jerry's appearance?
(a) He has very greasy hair.
(b) He has red hair.
(c) He has fleabites on his legs.
(d) He has pimples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sissie's world revolve around in the first summer?

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

3. In what body part does Sissie see similarity between her father and Jerry?

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

5. What view does Sissie have of Frank?

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