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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 see a bear do for the first time in his life in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Kill a pig.
(b) Wallow in mud.
(c) Sing.
(d) Walk on hind legs.

2. What story does Cowney tell Essie in Chapter Fourteen that he exaggerates?
(a) About seeing the bear with Lishie.
(b) About capturing Edgar.
(c) About fighting with Lee.
(d) About hunting with Bud.

3. Who brings Essie to Lishie's house after Lishie's death?
(a) Lee.
(b) Peter Franks.
(c) Sol.
(d) Bud.

4. 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) How much he hated being in the army.
(d) What he used to do for a living.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cowney go with Essie in Chapter Seventeen?

2. Who does Jonathan Craig tell Cowney he should ask about the circumstances of his father's death?

3. What happens to Cowney on his walk home from church?

4. Why was Jonathan Craig going to visit Lishie, from what he tells Cowney in Chapter Twenty-One?

5. What does Cowney do after finding out Essie has betrayed him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cowney feel after seeing Essie and Andrea kissing?

2. What does Jon Craig tell Cowney about his father's death?

3. What happens to Cowney when he walks home from church through the woods?

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

5. What does Tsa Tsi tell Cowney in Part III about Bud?

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

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

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

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

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

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