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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bud plan to transport the goods he wants to sell in Chapter Two?
(a) By plane.
(b) Along the river.
(c) By truck.
(d) By train.

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

3. In Chapter Twelve, what does Essie suggest she and Cowney do together?
(a) Go skiing.
(b) Go dancing.
(c) Go canoeing.
(d) Go swimming.

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

5. What does Bud ask for Cowney's help with in Chapter Two?
(a) Moving lumber.
(b) Building a house.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Hunting.

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 father's death carelessly.
(c) She says something derogatory about alcoholics, forgetting Bud is an alcoholic.
(d) She references his deceased mother carelessly.

7. What is Cowney's first impression of the room he and Essie meet in at the inn?
(a) It is terrifying.
(b) It is comfortable.
(c) It is eerie.
(d) It is pretty.

8. Who mostly raises Cowney?
(a) Granny.
(b) Nan.
(c) Lishie.
(d) Mohaer.

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

10. What does Sol make a point of doing to Cowney at lunch?
(a) Kicking him hard.
(b) Making him take his plate to the kitchen.
(c) Spilling coffee on him.
(d) Punching him in the face.

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

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

13. How does Essie refer to the people staying at the inn, so that Cowney corrects her?
(a) As criminals.
(b) As ingrates.
(c) As ghosts.
(d) As prisoners.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What war did Bud serve in?

2. Where does Cowney read of brutalities occurring in the newspaper in Chapter Three?

3. Which river does Cowney live near?

4. Who is Cowney's uncle whom he sometimes works for?

5. Who looks after a monkey in Cowney's town?

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