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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Cowney's supervisor at the inn?
(a) Sol.
(b) Lee.
(c) Rob.
(d) Grant.

2. What does Essie say to Cowney in Chapter Twelve that she realizes almost immediately was insensitive?
(a) She references his deceased mother carelessly.
(b) She references his father's death carelessly.
(c) She alludes to Cowney's physical challenge carelessly.
(d) She says something derogatory about alcoholics, forgetting Bud is an alcoholic.

3. Who communicates Essie's request for a ride to their job together to Cowney?
(a) Tsa Tsi.
(b) Preacherman.
(c) Bud.
(d) Lishie.

4. Where does Cowney grow up?
(a) Washington, Oregon.
(b) Asheville, North Carolina.
(c) Seattle, Washington.
(d) Cherokee, North Carolina.

5. Which river does Cowney live near?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Oconaluftee.
(c) The Ocatoya.
(d) The Wagatauchee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cowney tell Essie he has heard rumors about disappearing from the inn?

2. What does Lishie tell Cowney about his father's attitude when he shipped off to war?

3. What kind of shot does Lishie tell Cowney his father fired before he died?

4. Who is supposed to pick Bud up from where Cowney drops him off in Chapter Eleven?

5. Where does Cowney read of brutalities occurring in the newspaper in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cowney's first impression of his co-worker, Sol?

2. What does Cowney find buried on the property of Grove Park Inn that he keeps and hides?

3. What does Cowney think of the first dinner he eats at the inn?

4. Why does Bud tell Cowney to be careful when he gets to the Grove Park Inn?

5. Who is the most constant and comforting person in Cowney's life, and why?

6. What game does Essie teach Cowney to play in Room 447, and how does he feel about it?

7. What does Cowney thinks he remembers about his father's funeral, even though he was very young?

8. What does Tom Belt of Cherokee Nation say are the three things ceremony must have?

9. What does Bud ask Cowney to do in Part II that he thinks will get him in trouble at work?

10. What does Bud do in the midst of the wildfires that appalls Cowney?

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