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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. How old was Cletus when he died and came back to life?

2. How high was the wall of water that washed into the valley where Mary lived with her parents?

3. Where do Ob, Cletus, and Summer go to try to contact May at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

5. What is the name of the grocery store where May and Ob shopped?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What things does Summer remember about May?

3. What does Cletus unload from his suitcase when they start their trip?

4. What is the spiritualist church that Cletus mentions?

5. What does Summer say about Cletus' hygiene?

6. How does Summer describe how guidance came to her?

7. Why did May think that the good Lord waited until she and Ob were old to send Summer to them?

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

9. Why does Summer feel exhilarated when Ob talks about not being able to care for her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 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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