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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 word does Cletus use to describe the photo he shows Summer at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. What type of candy bars did May stock in her cabinets when Summer first came to live with Ob and May?

3. When Summer describes Ob's appearance in Chapter 2, who does she compare him to?

4. What color hair did May have?

5. When May stayed up a long time with Summer during an illness, what sickness did Summer have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ob do when they reach Charleston again on the way back home?

2. As Cletus talks about the capitol, what image of Cletus does Summer see in her mind?

3. How did May survive the flood that killed her parents?

4. What does Summer say about Cletus' hygiene?

5. Why does Summer believe that people want to stay on earth?

6. Who was the one person in Deep Water who has had a face-lift?

7. What is the spiritualist church that Cletus mentions?

8. What happened to a bat that May injured?

9. What was Aunt May's garden like?

10. Describe the photograph that Cletus shows Summer at the beginning of Chapter 4.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ob persuades the Underwoods to allow Cletus to go on the trip to the spiritualist church. Discuss how Ob persuades the Underwoods to allow Cletus to go on the trip and whether Ob stretches the truth.

Essay Topic 2

The three travelers learn that the Rev. Young has died. Discuss how the death of the minister affects Ob, Summer, and Cletus and which of them is most affected by the death.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss May and whether she is a round or flat character.

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