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

2. Why does Cowney say he cannot talk to Bud after Lishie's funeral?
(a) He is too upset.
(b) He does not ever want to talk to Bud again.
(c) He has to get Essie back to Asheville.
(d) He has turned Bud into the police.

3. What does Cowney see in one of the photos at the end of Chapter Twenty-One that looks strange to him?
(a) There is a break in the wire fencing in the background of one of the pictures from Grove Park Inn.
(b) He notices the door ajar in the main hall at the inn in one picture.
(c) He notices Essie has a knife on one picture.
(d) He notices Peter Franks does not have his gun in the picture.

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

5. Who tells Cowney that Lishie has passed away?
(a) Essie.
(b) Cowney's father.
(c) Bud.
(d) Myrtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song that Lishie sings in Chapter Thirteen does Cowney love?

2. What does Cowney ask the colonel if he can do in Chapter Twenty that the colonel reluctantly agrees to?

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

4. What does Cowney want to use to pay for a headstone for Lishie?

5. Who does Essie tell Cowney that Sol has a crush on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Essie want Cowney to take her, and why does she seem to hesitate later?

2. Why does a siren start in Part IV that startles everyone?

3. What happens after Cowney tells the military men where to find the bone?

4. What excuse does Cowney give to Bud when Bud tells Cowney they need to talk after Lishie's funeral?

5. How does Essie seem to feel about having told the authorities what she told them about Cowney?

6. Who does Cowney call with his one phone call from the Inn, and why does he do this?

7. What does Peter offer Cowney in Part III that begins to solidify their friendship?

8. What does Cowney dream about during his sleep during church in Part III?

9. What does Essie tell the authorities about Cowney in Part IV that causes a lot of trouble for him?

10. What does Cowney do to try to evade the authorities when he finds out they are looking for him?

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