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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 find in the Prologue?

2. Who does Cowney ride to his new job with in Chapter Three?

3. What book does Cowney's grandmother nearly burn when she finds it in the house?

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

5. What game does Essie teach Cowney to play in Chapter Seven?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What physical challenge does Cowney have?

9. What does Cowney think of the first dinner he eats at the inn?

10. What does Lee give Cowney in Part II, and how does Cowney feel about the gift?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Crowney's experience doing the logging work for Bud in Part I affect his feelings towards, and relationship with, Bud? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How do Cowney's interactions with the natural world - with the mysterious and lush Smokey Mountains in the backdrop of where he grows up, in Cherokee - affect the reader's impressions of his childhood, background, values, and influences? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support 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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