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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cowney tell about finding the bone in Chapter Nine?
(a) Essie.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sol.
(d) Bud.

2. Who looks after a monkey in Cowney's town?
(a) Jones.
(b) Lee.
(c) Bud.
(d) Tsa Tsi.

3. Who does the person who looks after the monkey say he has named the monkey after?
(a) A famous actor.
(b) A famous president.
(c) His own father.
(d) A famous writer.

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

5. What is the name of the monkey a Cherokee resident says he rescued from the carnival?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Riley.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Steven.

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

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

8. Who does Lishie tell Cowney was involved in his father's death?
(a) Tsa Tsi.
(b) Lee.
(c) A sleepwalking soldier.
(d) Jon Craig.

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

10. Why is Essie supposedly working at the inn during the summer?
(a) To earn money to start her own business.
(b) To earn money for college.
(c) To earn money for her wedding dress.
(d) To earn money to help her parents.

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

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

13. What does Cowney read about in the newspaper in Chapter Nine?
(a) A rash of dog killings.
(b) The death of Tsa Tsi.
(c) The poisoning of the river with chemicals.
(d) A missing person in the war.

14. Who communicates Essie's request for a ride to their job together to Cowney?
(a) Tsa Tsi.
(b) Lishie.
(c) Bud.
(d) Preacherman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is supposed to pick Bud up from where Cowney drops him off in Chapter Eleven?

2. What room do Essie and Cowney often meet in?

3. What does Cowney feel he will become if he stays in Cherokee in Chapter 2?

4. What does Cowney eat for dinner on his first night at the inn?

5. How did Lishie hear about Cowney's father's death?

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