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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sissie, what would her father think about Jesse?

2. Which of the following does Sissie point out about her mother in Part 3?

3. According to Sissie, whom are all men angry at?

4. Who has had the biggest influence on Sissie's life?

5. How much time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is Sissie similar and different to her mother? How is Jesse comparable to Sissie's father? What predictions can the reader make based on these commonalities?

Essay Topic 2

What role does the idea of image versus reality play in the book? What does Sissie imagine the world to be? In truth, how does the world differ? How does this affect Sissie's life?

Essay Topic 3

What role does the literary device parallelism play a role in the story? Compare and contrast each of the four summers to each other.

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