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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the county where Sequoyah and his mother used to live?
(a) Cherokee County.
(b) Little Crow County.
(c) Prairiewolf County.
(d) Snake River County.

2. When Sequoyah was a young kid, what were his imaginary friends like?
(a) Beautiful, young blond girls who braided his hair for him.
(b) Black, oily, toad-like creatures who came through the windows.
(c) Native American boys with long black hair and war paint on their faces.
(d) Talking dogs and horses who went everywhere with him.

3. After Sequoyah is kicked out of the foster home before the Troutts, who does he go home with?
(a) An elderly man with a cane who needed help walking.
(b) A dark-haired man in his thirties with a dog.
(c) An old woman with gray hair and rings on her fingers.
(d) A teenaged prostitute named Lula.

4. What does Harold drink every night?
(a) A peach Martini.
(b) A glass of dry red wine.
(c) A Bloody Mary.
(d) A rum and Coke.

5. How does Sequoyah imagine he wants to live when he grows up?
(a) In a ritzy apartment in a busy city.
(b) With his Native American tribe in a house on the reservation.
(c) Alone in an isolated house where there was no noise or other people around.
(d) In a big farmhouse with a wife and three children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sequoyah see as one disadvantage of living in a foster home?

2. What does Harold think about solitude?

3. When Sequoyah rummages through Rosemary's belongings in her room, what does he NOT find?

4. What does George say about Nora?

5. Where does Harold spend a lot of his time?

(see the answer key)

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