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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 does Sissie play a game with at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her siblings.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her father.
2. Which of the following people are at home taking care of a child in the second summer?
(a) Sissie's mother.
(b) Sissie's brother.
(c) Sissie's friend.
(d) Sissie's aunt.
3. How does Sissie describe her father's build?
(a) He has thin but strong arms.
(b) He is thin but flabby.
(c) He is large with little muscle tone.
(d) He has always had a fit body from working out often.
4. What is Sissie's father drinking as he approaches the children waiting for him in the second summer chapter?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Juice.
5. Where do Sissie and Jerry wait in the second summer chapter?
(a) Inside the bar.
(b) Inside a boat.
(c) On an island.
(d) Near the water.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Sissie describe Jerry's shoes?
2. Where was the family in the first summer before they came to the tavern?
3. Why does Sissie first taste beer?
4. In the second summer, what type of insect is described as hovering around tables?
5. What is Sissie's reaction to seeing a character vomiting?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the reader know that time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3?
2. In what way does Sissie compare herself to her mother? How does she think they are different?
3. Why does Sissie view her brief encounter with the mysterious man as a game?
4. Why did Sissie marry Jesse?
5. In "Four Summers", what role are women meant to play? How does Sissie feel about this?
6. Describe Sissie's view of her father the first summer at the tavern.
7. What is Sissie afraid of in Part 1?
8. Choose one literary device used in Part 2 and explain how it is used.
9. In Part 3, how does Sissie feel about her father?
10. What role does the class structure play in "Four Summers"?
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