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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cowney share with Essie in Chapter Seventeen about his father?
(a) The strange and disturbing circumstances of his death.
(b) The age he was when he died.
(c) What he used to do for a living.
(d) How much he hated being in the army.

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

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

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

6. What is the woman in Jones's store looking to buy in Chapter Twenty-One?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A deerskin dress.
(c) A ring.
(d) A basket.

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

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

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

10. What does Essie say she plans to do with Andrea in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Go to a dance with him.
(b) Have a picnic at the inn.
(c) Go out to dinner with him.
(d) Marry him.

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

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

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

14. What do Lishie and Cowney see that startles them in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) A bear roaring at them.
(b) A roberry.
(c) A snake.
(d) Edgar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jonathan Craig tell Cowney is implicating him in the girl's disappearance in Chapter Twenty-One?

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

3. What does the call that comes for Cowney in Chapter Fifteen say?

4. What story does Cowney tell Essie in Chapter Fourteen that he exaggerates?

5. In Chapter Sixteen, what book is in Lishie's room?

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