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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 subject of a paper that Summer is writing in Chapter 4?

2. What words are used to describe the whirligigs that Ob makes?

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

4. How many people who live in Deep Water have had face-lifts?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the old car that Ob sat in after May died.

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

3. How does Ob describe the way that May feels in Chapter 2?

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

5. Who is the preacher of the spiritualist church?

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

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

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

9. How did the three travelers find the church?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1, Summer made a comment that she "had come home." Discuss the places Summer had known and why she felt that she had found a home with Ob and May.

Essay Topic 2

Ob wants Cletus help him get in touch with May. Discuss what Ob wants Cletus to do, and the reasons why Cletus may or may not be able to do the job.

Essay Topic 3

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

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