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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. Where did Ob go after May died?

2. What dead plants does Summer see outside when Ob tries to contact May in Chapter 5?

3. What type of chips did May have in her cabinets the first day that Summer was at May's home?

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

5. What month is it in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ob say when Cletus suggests that Ob bring his whirligigs to sell at a guest shop?

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

3. What type of food did Summer see that first day she went to live with Ob and May?

4. When Summer was younger, how did she get to the bus stop?

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

6. What reason has Ob found to get out of bed in Chapter 7?

7. How did Ob meet Cletus?

8. Why doesn't Ob want to go find another psychic?

9. How does Summer describe the capitol building?

10. How did May refer to being in her garden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Summer and Cletus, and how it changes in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 6, Ob takes a turn for the worse. However, Summer believes it is actually an indication that all is not lost. Discuss Ob's state of mind in Chapter 6, and how Summer interprets Ob's state of mind.

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