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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bud ask Cowney to ask around at the inn to see if he can sell on the black market?
(a) Bear bladders.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Drugs.

2. In what year does Cowney work at the inn?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1950.

3. What does Cowney smuggle back from the inn for Lishie in Chapter Ten?
(a) Honey.
(b) Flour.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Cake.

4. What does Cowney tell Essie everyone tells him about himself?
(a) He is an excellent cook.
(b) He talks too much.
(c) He reads too much.
(d) He is too shy.

5. Who is Cowney's uncle whom he sometimes works for?
(a) Jon.
(b) Nate.
(c) Lee.
(d) Bud.

6. Who does Cowney ride to his new job with in Chapter Three?
(a) Essie Stamper.
(b) Maisie Freeland.
(c) Hettie Ryan.
(d) Laurel Henrey.

7. How did Lishie hear about Cowney's father's death?
(a) Tsa Tsi told her.
(b) Cowney's mother told her.
(c) Bud told her.
(d) The army sent a courier with the news.

8. What does Cowney feel he will become if he stays in Cherokee in Chapter 2?
(a) A college student.
(b) Lishie's caregiver.
(c) An intern at the church.
(d) Bud's dispensable errand boy.

9. What does Cowney learn that Essie loves to do in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Sing.
(b) Eat.
(c) Run.
(d) Dance.

10. Where does Cowney read the U.S. government is holding some Japanese Americans?
(a) In Mexico.
(b) In Canada.
(c) In camps on Indian reservations in the American west.
(d) In North Carolina.

11. What does Lishie tell Cowney about his father's attitude when he shipped off to war?
(a) He was very happy.
(b) He was angry.
(c) He was terrified.
(d) He was sad.

12. Who is Essie's supervisor at the inn?
(a) Mrs. Parks.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mrs. Potts.
(d) Mr. Rendry.

13. What does Essie say to Cowney in Chapter Twelve that she realizes almost immediately was insensitive?
(a) She references his father's death carelessly.
(b) She references his deceased mother carelessly.
(c) She alludes to Cowney's physical challenge carelessly.
(d) She says something derogatory about alcoholics, forgetting Bud is an alcoholic.

14. What part of Cowney's body is affected by his physical challenge?
(a) His foot.
(b) His arm.
(c) His hand.
(d) His eye.

15. Where does Cowney read of brutalities occurring in the newspaper in Chapter Three?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cowney tell Essie he has heard rumors about disappearing from the inn?

2. What does Bud ask for Cowney's help with in Chapter Two?

3. What does Lee give Cowney in Chapter Twelve?

4. Who is the first worker Lee introduces Cowney to?

5. What does Bud do during the wildfires that disgusts Cowney?

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