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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cowney dream about most nights?
(a) Bud.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Lishie.
(d) His mother.

2. Who develops Cowney's pictures for him?
(a) Jones.
(b) Jonathan Craig.
(c) Lee.
(d) Tsa Tsi.

3. In Chapter Eighteen, who sits by Cowney at Lishie's funeral?
(a) Lee.
(b) Essie.
(c) Tsa Tsi.
(d) Sol.

4. What does Cowney do after finding out Essie has betrayed him?
(a) Gets in his car and drives away.
(b) Barricades himself in his room.
(c) Runs back to the waterfall.
(d) Tries to buy himself some time before the authorities come for him.

5. Who does Cowney think about who he thinks was a betrayer in history as he sits waiting for the military men to come back in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Benedict Arnold.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Judas.

6. Why does Essie tell the authorities about Cowney, implicating him in the crime?
(a) She was in trouble herself for being with Andrea.
(b) She really secretly dislikes Cowney.
(c) She is the killer.
(d) She knows Andrea is the killer.

7. What is the church Lishie goes to constructed out of?
(a) White cinderblock.
(b) Clapboard.
(c) Stucco.
(d) Red brick.

8. What do Lishie and Cowney do together in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Hike.
(b) Dance.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Cook.

9. What does Jonathan Craig give to Cowney on the ride back to Cherokee in Chapter Twenty-One?
(a) Wine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Beer.
(d) Cheerwine.

10. What dirty and undesirable job does Lee ask Sol and Cowney to do in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Waxing.
(b) Driving fence posts in.
(c) Painting.
(d) Plumbing.

11. Why does Bud think Cowney was in a fight in Chapter Twenty-One?
(a) He has patch over one eye.
(b) He has bruises.
(c) He seems to have a broken finger.
(d) Because the cheerwine has made his mouth look red.

12. What is Essie hoping Andrea will ask her?
(a) To go to the movies with him.
(b) To cook for him.
(c) To go to Italy with him.
(d) To go to college with him.

13. Who does Jonathan Craig tell Cowney he should ask about the circumstances of his father's death?
(a) Bud.
(b) Lishie.
(c) His mother.
(d) Tsa Tsi.

14. What two books does Cowney pack in his suitcase to to back to Asheville in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Ulysses and The Great Gatsby.
(b) The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises.
(c) The Great Gatsby and Peyton Place.
(d) For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Sun Also Rises.

15. What does the Colonel tell Cowney the authorities need to see?
(a) His ribbon.
(b) The bone he found.
(c) His coveralls.
(d) His tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a siren start in Chapter Nineteen?

2. What does Cowney say will clear with the morning fog in Chapter Fifteen?

3. What does Peter tell Cowney that Essie definitely did tell the army?

4. What does Cowney ask the Colonel about the bone?

5. Why is the colonel angry with Cowney when he comes back from looking for the bone in Chapter Twenty?

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