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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Sissie's brothers beg to do something?
(a) Sissie's mother.
(b) Sissie's aunt.
(c) Sissie's father.
(d) Sissie's father's friend.

2. What is Sissie's reaction to seeing a character vomiting?
(a) Fear.
(b) Relief.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Anger.

3. How many brothers does Sissie have?
(a) One older brother and one younger brother.
(b) Three older brothers.
(c) Two older brothers.
(d) Two younger brothers.

4. Which of the following is offered to Sissie by a woman in the first summer?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A sip of beer.
(c) A stuffed animal.
(d) A free kitten.

5. Who wishes that their father were dead?
(a) Sissie's sister.
(b) Frank.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Sissie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sissie describe the island that she goes to with her father?

2. What is the bird stuck in?

3. How does Sissie feel when she sees children throwing things at the stuck bird?

4. Which of the following indicates that time has passed between the first two parts of the book?

5. What do the children begin throwing at the stuck bird?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sissie say that her father looks like a stranger?

2. Describe Sissie's mother in the beginning of the story.

3. Describe the island that Sissie and Jerry explore.

4. At the end of the book, what does Sissie believe about her mother?

5. Why does Sissie feel uneasy in the boat with her father?

6. What does Sissie claim anchors her to the earth?

7. Why does Sissie feel that she is a burden in Part 3? How does this make her feel?

8. What makes Sissie vulnerable?

9. Why does Sissie get angry when she sees the mysterious man at the bar as an adult?

10. In what way has the narration matured in the second summer that Sissie narrates?

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