Q 01/05

In Missing May, what was Aunt May doing outside when she died suddenly, six years after taking Summer in?

A) Hanging laundry

B) Feeding the hens

C) Gardening

D) Picking apples

Answer · why

C) Gardening

Gardening was May's own word for it, though her plot held pole beans and cabbage rather than roses. Summer feels that dying there is the only part of ...

Q 02/05

In Missing May, what does Uncle Ob, a veteran with a bad leg, enjoy crafting by the dozen?

A) Whirligigs

B) Birdhouses

C) Dulcimers

D) Walking sticks

Answer · why

A) Whirligigs

Whirligigs are objects with parts that spin in the wind, and Ob has carved dozens of them over the years.

Q 03/05

The novel Missing May is set in a mountain home in which state, where its author also grew up?

A) Kentucky

B) West Virginia

C) Tennessee

D) North Carolina

Answer · why

B) West Virginia

West Virginia is home to Summer, Ob and May, and the author was raised in its southern hills too. She has called growing up there the wellspring of he...

Q 04/05

In Missing May, what kind of rickety home do May and Ob bring six-year-old Summer back to?

A) A log cabin

B) A houseboat

C) A farmhouse

D) A trailer

Answer · why

D) A trailer

A trailer with peeling aluminum and sinking steps, set on the face of a mountain, becomes the first real home Summer has ever known.

Q 05/05

In Missing May, what kind of person do Ob, Summer and Cletus drive off to consult about May?

A) A faith healer

B) A medium

C) A fortune teller

D) A hypnotist

Answer · why

B) A medium

A medium, a woman said to commune with the dead, is Ob's best hope of hearing what May wants to tell him. Cletus found her in a news story.