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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. When did Lishie string a sheet between a room in her house to give Cowney some privacy?

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

3. What does Lee give Cowney in Chapter Twelve?

4. What does Cowney find in the Prologue?

5. What does Tom Belt write about in the section of his writing Clapsaddle includes at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Bud do in the midst of the wildfires that appalls Cowney?

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

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

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

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 Room 447 come to represent to Cowney, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What role does religion and church play in Lishie's and Cowney's lives? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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