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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the call that comes for Cowney in Chapter Fifteen say?
(a) Lishie is very ill.
(b) Cowney's house has burned down.
(c) Bud has died.
(d) Cowney's mother has sent for him.

2. Why does Cowney say he cannot talk to Bud after Lishie's funeral?
(a) He does not ever want to talk to Bud again.
(b) He has turned Bud into the police.
(c) He is too upset.
(d) He has to get Essie back to Asheville.

3. Who brings Essie to Lishie's house after Lishie's death?
(a) Peter Franks.
(b) Sol.
(c) Bud.
(d) Lee.

4. What song that Lishie sings in Chapter Thirteen does Cowney love?
(a) I Won't Back Down.
(b) God's Good Will.
(c) Spirit in the Sky.
(d) Amazing Grace.

5. Which guard interrupts Sol harassing Cowney in Chapter 14?
(a) Francis Crowley.
(b) James Camered.
(c) Robert Henry.
(d) Peter Franks.

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

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

8. Why does Jonathan Craig tell Cowney he has a cooler of food in his car?
(a) He had been planning to go to the shelter to share food.
(b) He had been planning to go fishing.
(c) He had been planning to visit his daughter.
(d) He had been planning to go golfing.

9. What does Cowney ask the Colonel about the bone?
(a) If they can return it to him when they are done with it.
(b) If it is really from a bear.
(c) If it is considered stolen property.
(d) If it is sanitary.

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

11. Who comes to question Cowney in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Essie.
(b) Sol.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) Robert James.

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

13. What story does Cowney tell Essie in Chapter Fourteen that he exaggerates?
(a) About capturing Edgar.
(b) About hunting with Bud.
(c) About seeing the bear with Lishie.
(d) About fighting with Lee.

14. Who encourages Cowney to apply to college in Chapter Twenty-One?
(a) Essie.
(b) Lishie.
(c) Tsa Tsi.
(d) Jones.

15. Who is one of the first visitors to Lishie's house after she dies?
(a) Robert.
(b) Lee.
(c) Tsa Tsi.
(d) Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Essie hoping Andrea will ask her?

2. Why does Essie say she is probably not going to college?

3. What does Cowney do that is a violation of Essie's privacy in Chapter Fourteen?

4. What part of nature does Cowney come across on his walk home from church that he thinks is majestic?

5. What does Essie say she plans to do with Andrea in Chapter Nineteen?

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