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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words describes how Sissie feels at the end of the book?

2. What does the mysterious man's breath smell like?

3. Who does Sissie believe has laid a path for her to follow?

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

5. In what season does the third section of the story begin?

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 is the central conflict in "Four Summers"? Is the conflict in the story physical or emotional? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narration style of the text. What is the narrator's voice? How does it develop over time? What importance does the narration have on the plot or character development? Essentially, how does the narration change the reading experience?

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