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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in Cowney's dream about Lishie in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Lishie asks him to bury her.
(b) Lishie asks him to take care of Bud.
(c) Lishie shares recipe advice with him.
(d) Lishie asks him to marry Essie.

2. Why does a siren start in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) A dog has bitten someone.
(b) A soldier has been shot.
(c) A diplomat's daughter is missing.
(d) There has been a theft.

3. What does Cowney do that is a violation of Essie's privacy in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Reads a note that a love interest wrote to her.
(b) Reads her diary.
(c) Goes through her purse.
(d) Calls her mother to tell her she has been going out with men.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Cowney see a bear do for the first time in his life in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Wallow in mud.
(b) Sing.
(c) Walk on hind legs.
(d) Kill a pig.

11. What does Cowney feel he has been launched into when the Colonel starts questioning him in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) A book.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) A class on ethics.
(d) An alternative universe.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is one of the first visitors to Lishie's house after she dies?

4. Who is the first to find and bring Cowney back to the inn in Chapter Nineteen?

5. What does Peter show Cowney from his personal life in Chapter Fifteen?

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