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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 does Lishie tell Cowney he should give thanks for in Chapter Three?
(a) His faith.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His uncle Bud.
(d) Any morsel he could find.

2. How does Bud plan to transport the goods he wants to sell in Chapter Two?
(a) By plane.
(b) By train.
(c) Along the river.
(d) By truck.

3. What threatens Cowney's community in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Floods.
(b) Wildfires.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A volcano.

4. What does Cowney come to think of Sol as in Chapter Seven?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A crow.
(c) A bear.
(d) A turtle.

5. Where does Cowney read the U.S. government is holding some Japanese Americans?
(a) In Mexico.
(b) In camps on Indian reservations in the American west.
(c) In Canada.
(d) In North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud ask for Cowney's help with in Chapter Two?

2. What is Cowney's first impression of the room he and Essie meet in at the inn?

3. How did Lishie hear about Cowney's father's death?

4. What does Cowney find in the Prologue?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Essie's response to Cowney's telling her about the bone he finds?

3. What does Lishie tell Cowney about his father's letters home from the war?

4. What does Cowney feel his choices in life would be if he stayed in Cherokee?

5. What is Cowney's first impression of his supervisor, Lee?

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

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

8. What kind of greeting do Cowney and Essie get when they first arrive at Grove Park Inn?

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

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

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