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

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

3. How old is Sissie in the first summer detailed in the story?
(a) A young child.
(b) An adult.
(c) A middle school student.
(d) A teenager.

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

5. Which of the following characters are most likable in the first summer?
(a) Sissie's father.
(b) Sissie's brother.
(c) Sissie's mother.
(d) Sissie's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following qualities does Sissie use to describe Jimmy?

2. In what way does Sissie's father offer to let her row the boat?

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

4. Whom is Sissie afraid of the second summer?

5. Which character would be best described as vulnerable?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sissie's view of her father the first summer at the tavern.

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

3. Is Sissie powerless the first summer? Why or why not?

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

5. Describe the island that Sissie and Jerry explore.

6. How does Sissie view her father in Part 2? How does this compare to Jerry's view of their father?

7. Describe the hierarchy of the sexes present in the story.

8. Describe Sissie's physical retreat in Part 3.

9. Why did Sissie marry Jesse?

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

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