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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. What view does Sissie have of Frank?
(a) Frank has freedom.
(b) Frank is too busy to notice his family.
(c) Frank is irresponsible.
(d) Frank is cruel.

2. Where is Sissie sitting when she plays a game in her first summer at the tavern?
(a) On the grass.
(b) At a table.
(c) On a bench.
(d) On a deck.

3. What is the outcome of Sissie's parents bickering at the tavern in the first summer?
(a) Sissie's father takes the boys in the boat.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sissie's aunt begins crying.
(d) Sissie's mother takes Sissie back home.

4. What do the children begin throwing at the stuck bird?
(a) Food.
(b) Stones.
(c) Cups.
(d) Trash.

5. Which of the following is strewn across the island?
(a) Beer cans.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Notebook pages.
(d) Silverware.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Sissie play a game with at the beginning of the story?

2. Whom does Sissie most want to help?

3. Whom does Sissie try to pacify as she waits for her father in the second summer?

4. What does Sissie focus on as her father takes a drink of his beverage in the second summer?

5. Which of the following characters are most likable in the first summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is Sissie justified in being angry with her parents in Part 3? Why or why not?

3. According to Sissie, what would her father think about Jesse and why?

4. Is Sissie an innocent character in the beginning of the story? Why or why not?

5. Why does Sissie view her brief encounter with the mysterious man as a game?

6. How does Sissie compare herself to the boat she rides in? Why?

7. In Part 3, how does Sissie feel about her father?

8. What has changed in Sissie's life between the first two summers narrated?

9. How does the writer make the summer season very apparent in the text in Part 2?

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

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