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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Essie's mother most want her to do?
(a) Go to college.
(b) Go to dance school.
(c) Move to another country.
(d) Marry someone who can provide for her.

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

3. What does Essie say to Cowney in Chapter Twelve that she realizes almost immediately was insensitive?
(a) She references his deceased mother 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 father's death carelessly.

4. Who is the first worker Lee introduces Cowney to?
(a) Rob.
(b) Henry.
(c) Sol.
(d) James.

5. What room do Essie and Cowney often meet in?
(a) 8.
(b) 93.
(c) 1002.
(d) 447.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Cowney hear that worries him the first time he and Essie meet in the mystery room?
(a) A siren.
(b) A strangled cry from next door.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) A dog barking.

11. Who is supposed to pick Bud up from where Cowney drops him off in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Lishie.
(b) Joe.
(c) Lee.
(d) Tsa Tsi.

12. What does Lee warn Cowney not to leave the grounds of the inn with?
(a) The bone.
(b) Any Grove Park Property.
(c) Any money.
(d) His camera.

13. What does Cowney think Essie smells like in Chapter Four?
(a) Roses.
(b) Thyme.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Lavender and Honeysuckle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cowney ride to his new job with in Chapter Three?

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

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

4. How does Bud plan to transport the goods he wants to sell in Chapter Two?

5. What kind of winter does Bud say is setting in in Chapter Three?

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