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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her children does Sissie's mother claim was an accident?

2. Which of the following do Sissie's parents argue about in Part 3?

3. What does Sissie do as Part 3 ends?

4. Which of the following things does Sissie use in Part 4 as an attempt to reassure herself?

5. What does Sissie secretly wish about Jesse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Sissie's development as a character. Describe her starting position in comparison to her ending position. How does she change physically? How do her emotions and beliefs change? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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