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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. What did Cowney's father do frequently in regard to Lishie during the war?
(a) Came to visit her.
(b) Sent her a telegram.
(c) Wrote to her.
(d) Called her on the phone.

2. What does Tom Belt write about in the section of his writing Clapsaddle includes at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Ceremony.
(b) Faith.
(c) Death.
(d) Loyalty.

3. Who does Cowney sit with at dinner on his first night at the inn?
(a) Lee.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Essie.
(d) Peter.

4. What does Lee give Cowney in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Money.
(b) A car.
(c) Food.
(d) A camera.

5. Who mostly raises Cowney?
(a) Mohaer.
(b) Nan.
(c) Granny.
(d) Lishie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud do during the wildfires that disgusts Cowney?

2. Who does Lishie tell Cowney was involved in his father's death?

3. Who is Cowney's uncle whom he sometimes works for?

4. Where does Cowney leave the camera at the end of Chapter Twelve?

5. Where does Cowney grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Cowney ride to Grove Park Inn with and he does he feel about this person?

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

3. What is the name of Tsa Tsi's monkey, and why is Cowney surprised about the story behind the name?

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

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

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

7. What does Essie tell Cowney at dinner at the inn the first night that he is wary about?

8. What does Cowney think is the strangest thing about the story he is told about his father' death?

9. What physical challenge does Cowney have?

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

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