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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in Cletus' family had just died when Cletus drowned?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Grandpa.
(d) Uncle.

2. When May woke during the flood, how far was she from home?
(a) 12 miles.
(b) 6 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 8 miles.

3. When did Ob first meet Cletus?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) One Saturday after Thanksgiving.
(d) At May's funeral.

4. What is the subject of a paper that Summer is writing in Chapter 4?
(a) Women doctors.
(b) Women suffragettes.
(c) World War I.
(d) War of 1812.

5. What is the name of the teacher who has a face-lift?
(a) Mrs. Williams.
(b) Mrs. Henley.
(c) Mrs. Davis.
(d) Mrs. Roberts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many TV dinners did Summer cook for Cletus and Ob on Christmas Day?

2. What cover the earflaps on Cletus' hat?

3. What is the name of the school where Cletus and Summer go to school?

4. What did Ob wear to May's funeral?

5. What bird passes over head after Ob talks about all the good things he can remember about May?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Summer feel about the love that Ob and Mary had?

2. How did most people in Fayette County speak of being in their gardens, and what images did that bring to mind?

3. Describe the whirligigs that Ob made.

4. How did Summer and Ob spend their first Christmas after May died?

5. What does Cletus want to be when he grows up?

6. In fourth grade, how did another student describe Summer?

7. How was Ob injured in the war?

8. What does Cletus do when they go to the capitol?

9. What nickname does Cletus give the minster of the spiritualist church?

10. How did Ob meet Cletus?

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