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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. How is Sissie's family related to somebody they know who marched in a parade?
(a) He is a family friend.
(b) He is Sissie's brother.
(c) He is Sissie's teacher.
(d) He is Sissie's uncle.

2. Why does Sissie first taste beer?
(a) To be polite.
(b) She does not taste the beer.
(c) She wants to be glamorous like her mother.
(d) She has always been curious about it.

3. What do Sissie's parents bicker about in the first summer?
(a) Whether she should get a haircut.
(b) Whether the family should leave.
(c) Taking the children out on the lake.
(d) Whether they should be allowing children in the tavern.

4. Describe the relationship among the children in the first summer the reader sees at the tavern.
(a) Sissie wants to be just like her brothers.
(b) Sissie is close with her brothers.
(c) Sissie is afraid of her brothers.
(d) Sissie spends a lot of time with her brothers but does not like doing so.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sissie and Jerry wait in the second summer chapter?

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

3. What is the reaction of the adults to Sissie's brothers and their begging?

4. What is the occupation of the man who marched in a parade?

5. Which of the following details is provided about Jerry's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sissie compare herself to other girls her own age in Part 3?

2. In "Four Summers", what role are women meant to play? How does Sissie feel about this?

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

4. How has the relationship between Sissie and her mother changed over the course of the story?

5. What role does the class structure play in "Four Summers"?

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

7. What causes Sissie to lose trust in her mother?

8. Describe Sissie, the narrator, as she is first introduced.

9. Describe the narrator's clarity in the first part of the story.

10. What foreshadowing is present in the first part of the story, and what is foreshadowed?

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