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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. What does Cowney eat for dinner on his first night at the inn?

2. Who is Essie's supervisor at the inn?

3. Who does the person who looks after the monkey say he has named the monkey after?

4. Which river does Cowney live near?

5. What part of Cowney's body is affected by his physical challenge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Lishie feel about religion and how does her religious outlook affect Cowney?

5. In Part II, what threatens Lishie's house and other areas of Cherokee?

6. What is the name of Tsa Tsi's monkey, and why is Cowney surprised about the story behind the name?

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

8. What is Cowney having trouble deciding about to do with his future in Part I?

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

10. What does Cowney think is the strangest thing about the story he is told about his father' death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the bone Cowney finds on the grounds of Grove Park Inn holds such fascination for him? What do you think it represents to him? 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

How does Clapsaddle account for the tension between the fact that Cowney, by his own admission, was too young to remember his father's funeral, but he seems to have specific, clear associations with it as a young adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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