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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who mostly raises Cowney?
2. What does Cowney hear that worries him the first time he and Essie meet in the mystery room?
3. Who does the person who looks after the monkey say he has named the monkey after?
4. What does Tom Belt write about in the section of his writing Clapsaddle includes at the beginning of Chapter 1?
5. What does Cowney feel he will become if he stays in Cherokee in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Bud plan to get the lumbar he has cut to the lumber yard in Part I, and what does he ask Cowney to do to help?
2. Who is the most constant and comforting person in Cowney's life, and why?
3. What does Lee give Cowney in Part II, and how does Cowney feel about the gift?
4. What is the name of Tsa Tsi's monkey, and why is Cowney surprised about the story behind the name?
5. What does Bud ask Cowney to do in Part II that he thinks will get him in trouble at work?
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 does Bud do in the midst of the wildfires that appalls Cowney?
9. Who does Cowney ride to Grove Park Inn with and he does he feel about this person?
10. What does Cowney worry about in relation to his work clothes he is issued his first day at the inn?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the Grove Park Inn symbolize for Cowney? What is unusual about the specific mix of types of guests there? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What does Sol's treatment of Cowney reveal about the prejudices and racism some whites perpetrated against Indians during this time frame? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
This novel features a mystery about a missing young girl, a mystery that Clapsaddle resolves by the end of the book. Are you satisfied with Clapsaddle's explanation and resolution of the main mystery in this novel? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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