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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. What prediction is most likely to be made based on the first summer?

2. What is the occupation of the man who marched in a parade?

3. Which of the following describes the setting of the book?

4. Which of the following makes the setting in the second summer seem rural?

5. Where is Sissie in the second summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message about marriage does Sissie pass on?

2. In what way does the diction change between the first summer and second summer?

3. How does Sissie compare herself to the boat she rides in? Why?

4. What is one example of imperfection as shown in the text in Part 1?

5. In what way has the narration matured in the second summer that Sissie narrates?

6. At the end of the book, what does Sissie believe about her mother?

7. In what ways does Jesse remind Sissie of her father?

8. Why does Sissie feel that she is a burden in Part 3? How does this make her feel?

9. How does Sissie compare herself to other girls her own age in Part 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Sissie's family dynamic: How does she feel about her parents and siblings? how does this change over time? why do you think this changes? what predictions can you make for the way Sissie's family dynamic will change?

Essay Topic 2

How is self-consciousness a theme in the story? Why does Sissie feel self-conscious? Is she rational in feeling this way? Why or why not? What is the cause of Sissie's discomfort?

Essay Topic 3

How do Sissie's feelings about her father change over the course of the narration? How does the reader know that Sissie's feelings about her father are changing? Analyze her feelings for her mother in the same way.

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