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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threatens Cowney's community in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Floods.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A volcano.
(d) Wildfires.

2. What does Cowney eat for dinner on his first night at the inn?
(a) Fried eggs.
(b) Only bread.
(c) Steak.
(d) Fried chicken and potatoes.

3. Who does Lishie say got to Cowney's father's body first?
(a) Bud.
(b) Tsa Tsi.
(c) Jon Craig.
(d) Lee.

4. What characters remind Cowney of Lee and Sol years later?
(a) Hamlet and the King.
(b) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
(c) Richard and Henry.
(d) Scrooge and Marley.

5. Why does Cowney feel disconnected from world events at the inn?
(a) People do not talk about the news much there.
(b) There are no radios or newspapers there.
(c) The only newspaper delivered there is propaganda.
(d) The soldiers forbid televisions there.

6. What kind of winter does Bud say is setting in in Chapter Three?
(a) Blackberry winter.
(b) War winter.
(c) Late winter.
(d) False winter.

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

8. 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 alludes to Cowney's physical challenge carelessly.
(c) She says something derogatory about alcoholics, forgetting Bud is an alcoholic.
(d) She references his deceased mother carelessly.

9. What does Essie call Cowney as a nickname?
(a) C.
(b) C-Dog.
(c) Cowpie.
(d) Wenney.

10. What kind of reference does Essie make when Cowney tells her about the bone?
(a) A biblical reference.
(b) A reference to Greek mythology.
(c) A Shakespearean reference.
(d) An anatomical reference.

11. Where does Cowney leave the camera at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) In room 447.
(b) In his bunk.
(c) In Bud's house.
(d) In Lishie's house.

12. Which river does Cowney live near?
(a) The Oconaluftee.
(b) The Ocatoya.
(c) The Wagatauchee.
(d) The Mississippi.

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

14. What kind of shot does Lishie tell Cowney his father fired before he died?
(a) An accidental shot.
(b) A blind shot.
(c) A Hail Mary shot.
(d) A blank shot.

15. What does Cowney wrap the bone in in Chapter Eight?
(a) Tissue paper.
(b) A red bandana.
(c) His t-shirt.
(d) An old sock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What derogatory term does Sol use for Cowney when he finds out Cowney is an Indian?

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

3. Who is Essie's supervisor at the inn?

4. What does Cowney read about in the newspaper in Chapter Nine?

5. In what year does Cowney work at the inn?

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