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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sissie feel she has lost in Part 4?
(a) Everything.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Her innocence.

2. What is Sissie's complaint about the tavern in Part 3?
(a) It is too small.
(b) It is full of people she hates.
(c) They don't serve any good food.
(d) It is too smoky.

3. Which of the following is a theme in the book?
(a) Differences in education.
(b) Differences in class.
(c) Different types of love.
(d) Differences in preferences.

4. When the mysterious man asks Sissie about her age, how does she respond?
(a) She tells him it is none of his business.
(b) She says nothing.
(c) She tells him she is five years older than she is.
(d) She tells him her actual age.

5. What does the new stand near the bar sell?
(a) Custard.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Hot dogs.
(d) Soft pretzels.

6. Whom does the mysterious man remind Sissie of?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her older brother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

7. How old is Sissie when she meets the mysterious man?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Seventeen.

8. Which character is Sissie foreshadowed to be most like?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her husband.

9. Which of the following is a constant throughout the book?
(a) Setting.
(b) Nature.
(c) Characters present.
(d) Dialogue.

10. Which of the following statements represents Sissie's hope for the way Jesse ages?
(a) She hopes he ages smoothly.
(b) She hopes he ages quickly.
(c) She hopes she ages slower than he does.
(d) She hopes he never ages.

11. What is the name of the bar that Sissie's parents frequented?
(a) The Boat House.
(b) Oceanside Bar.
(c) Lakeside Bar.
(d) Riverbend Tavern.

12. At the end of the book, how old is Sissie?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Nineteen.

13. Which of the following adjectives defines Sissie's existence?
(a) Powerless.
(b) Organized.
(c) Systematic.
(d) Safe.

14. How much time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3?
(a) Several years.
(b) Several days.
(c) A decade.
(d) Several months.

15. What is the current month when Sissie meets the mysterious man?
(a) March.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, who can Sissie finally compare herself to?

2. Where does Sissie tell her parents that she would like to wait for them in Part 3?

3. Which of the following statements is true about Sissie's feelings about her mother at the end of the book?

4. Which of the following does Sissie allude to in Part 4?

5. What does the mysterious man offer to take Sissie to do in Part 3?

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