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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cowney tell Essie he does not want to go home at the end of Chapter Seventeen?
(a) He has no money for heat.
(b) Bud probably has a long list of chores for him.
(c) He does not want to see Lishie's empty house.
(d) There is no food in the house and he is very hungry.

2. What does Peter tell Cowney a guard found that is evidence in the investigation?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A piece of hair.
(c) A bullet.
(d) A purple ribbon.

3. What does Jonathan Craig tell Cowney the white soldiers would do sometimes to the Indian soldiers?
(a) Steal their money.
(b) Take the bullets out of their guns.
(c) Put tar in their food.
(d) Kill them.

4. Who comes to Lishie's house after she dies that Cowney has never met before?
(a) Jon Craig.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sol.
(d) His Aunt Reyna.

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

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

7. What does Cowney leave at the inn in Chapter Twenty-One that is valuable to him?
(a) The car.
(b) His mother's ring.
(c) His diary.
(d) His wallet.

8. Why does Essie say she is probably not going to college?
(a) She does not really want to go.
(b) She does not think she is smart enough.
(c) She does not think it is possible for her.
(d) She hates reading and writing.

9. What does Essie do in Chapter Fourteen that embarrasses her and surprises Cowney?
(a) Farts.
(b) Burps.
(c) Eats with her hands.
(d) Falls down the stairs.

10. Why is the colonel angry with Cowney when he comes back from looking for the bone in Chapter Twenty?
(a) There is more than one bone.
(b) The bone is definitely a human bone.
(c) The bone is sticky and poisonous.
(d) The bone is not where Cowney told him it was.

11. What does Cowney often do during church?
(a) Falls asleep.
(b) Faints.
(c) Preaches himself.
(d) Throws up.

12. What does Bud tell Cowney whites have been doing to Indians for hundreds of years?
(a) Paying them.
(b) Erasing them.
(c) Lifting them up.
(d) Exploiting them.

13. Which neighbor is helping out at Lishie's when Cowney gets there in Chapter 16?
(a) Jones.
(b) Bob.
(c) Tsa Tsi.
(d) Myrtle.

14. Who is Essie romantically involved in in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Sol.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Peter.
(d) Lee.

15. Who does Jonathan Craig tell Cowney is implicating him in the girl's disappearance in Chapter Twenty-One?
(a) Carol.
(b) Lee.
(c) Peter Franks.
(d) Sol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lishie and Cowney see that startles them in Chapter Thirteen?

2. Who does Cowney attempt to speak to, but never actually does, in Chapter Fifteen?

3. What does Cowney do after finding out Essie has betrayed him?

4. What does Cowney feel he has been launched into when the Colonel starts questioning him in Chapter Nineteen?

5. Who develops Cowney's pictures for him?

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