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

2. What did May believe that her daddy would eat in heaven?

3. Who gave Cletus' an old picture that he shows Summer at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. Where did the teacher get her face-lift done?

5. What are Ob and Summer using to make bird feeders when Ob believes that May returns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ob compare a strong drink of whiskey to ?

2. Describe Cletus' house.

3. How did Ob meet Cletus?

4. What do the three travelers learn when they arrive at the church?

5. Why is Cletus the perfect consoler?

6. What things does Summer remember about May?

7. How has Cletus planned out the trip to the church?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The trip to the spiritualist church is quieter than Summer had thought it would be. Discuss the trip and how it affects Ob, Summer, and Cletus.

Essay Topic 2

Summer comments that she and Ob are not strong now that May is gone. Discuss how Summer and Ob deal with May's death.

Essay Topic 3

Cletus recalls the time that he died and came back to life. Discuss Cletus' death experience and how he was brought back to life.

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