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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Sixteen, what book is in Lishie's room?
(a) Her copy of Ulysses.
(b) Her copy of the Indian stories from the Cherokee.
(c) Her copy of The Raven.
(d) Her Bible.

2. What does Cowney say will clear with the morning fog in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) The hangover.
(b) The smoke.
(c) Anger.
(d) Heartbreak.

3. What does Jonathan Craig tell Cowney some white soldiers were afraid the Indian soldiers might do?
(a) Desert the army.
(b) Do better in the army than they themselves would, making them look bad.
(c) Steal from them.
(d) Rebel and kill them.

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

5. What happens to Cowney on his walk home from church?
(a) He gets hit by a car.
(b) He sees Lee in the forest.
(c) He gets scratched badly by some unseen creature.
(d) He gets bitten by a bear.

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

7. What does Tsa Tsi tell Cowney about Bud and his father and mother?
(a) Cowney's mother did not like Bud.
(b) They often fought.
(c) Bud did not like Cowney's mother.
(d) They were inseparable when they were young.

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

9. What does Essie tell Cowney she has done that betrays him in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Told the authorities he had a bone and was trying to sell bear bladders to some of the guests at the inn.
(b) Told the authorities he had assaulted her.
(c) Told the authorities he had a gun.
(d) Told the authorities he had stolen money

10. Who is the commander at the Grove Park Inn who is furious about the disappearance of the girl?
(a) Mrs. Parks.
(b) Sol.
(c) Lee.
(d) Colonel Griggs.

11. Who does Jonathan Craig tell Cowney will meet them in Cherokee to get Cowney there?
(a) Bud.
(b) Lee.
(c) Lishie.
(d) Jones.

12. What part of nature does Cowney come across on his walk home from church that he thinks is majestic?
(a) A supercell storm.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) A volcano erupting.
(d) The waterfall.

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

14. Who does Cowney attempt to speak to, but never actually does, in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Japanese men who are staying at the inn.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Bud.
(d) Peter Franks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the new visitor who was friends with Cowney's father give him at Lishie's house in Chapter Seventeen?

2. What do Lishie and Cowney do together in Chapter Thirteen?

3. Why was Jonathan Craig going to visit Lishie, from what he tells Cowney in Chapter Twenty-One?

4. Why does Cowney say he cannot talk to Bud after Lishie's funeral?

5. Why does Essie tell the authorities about Cowney, implicating him in the crime?

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