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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. In Chapter 2, how long has it been since Aunt May died?

2. What cover the earflaps on Cletus' hat?

3. How long has Summer lived with Ob and May?

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

5. How many times did May let Ob or Summer down throughout the years they were together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Cletus get an old photograph of a baby who looked like he was floating?

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

6. Why does Summer believe that Ob talks about May in the garden?

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

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

9. What happened to a bat that May injured?

10. What types of pictures does Cletus collect and how does he want to collaborate with Summer?

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

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 3

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.

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