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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims to hate their father?

2. How old is Jerry as he waits with Sissie for their father the second summer?

3. Which of the following is obvious to the reader by the second summer about Sissie's father?

4. Which of the following literary devices is present in the book?

5. Which of the following people does Sissie see her father talking to as she waits for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way does Sissie compare herself to her mother? How does she think they are different?

5. Why do Sissie's parents argue in Part 3? How does it make Sissie feel?

6. Why does Sissie call her encounter with the mysterious man a "game"?

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

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

9. How does the writer demonstrate that Sissie's language has matured by the fourth part?

10. How does the reader know that time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the use of three different literary devices as they are used in "Four Summers". How are they used? What is their purpose?

Essay Topic 2

What is the hierarchy of the sexes is the book? What are the expectations of women? What are the expectations of men? How does this relate to Sissie?

Essay Topic 3

How can the reader tell the differences between each narration? How does the reader know that the narrator has matured between sections? How does diction change? How does Sissie's comprehension change?

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