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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an element of the novel that George is writing about the people in Little Crow?
(a) A story of an execution of a police officer.
(b) A story of an old woman who had 100 cats.
(c) A story of a teacher who went berserk.
(d) A story of two men who rob a bank.

2. Which of the following does Monfiore NOT do?
(a) Eat cockroaches for a dollar.
(b) Say he and Sequoyah are dying.
(c) Huff paint behind the woodshed.
(d) Shoot heroin every 12 hours.

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

4. What worry did Sequoyah have when he sees Rosemary coming upstairs his first night at the Troutts?
(a) That the family was going to abandon him alone in the house.
(b) That the family had been talking about him in his absence.
(c) That Rosemary had been spying on him.
(d) That he had missed playing an after-dinner game of Scrabble.

5. Where does Rosemary work?
(a) At a bank.
(b) At an art gallery.
(c) At a thrift store.
(d) At a grocery store.

6. Why does Sequoyah stop seeing his counselor, Karen?
(a) Because Sequoyah is mad at her because she asks too many questions.
(b) Because counseling stops working and brings him no peace.
(c) Because she makes a pass at him and it makes him uncomfortable.
(d) Because Sequoyah gets sick and can not attend his sessions.

7. When Sequoyah is by himself in Rosemary's bedroom, what does he fantasize about doing to her?
(a) Tying her up.
(b) Making love to her.
(c) Putting makeup on her.
(d) Hurting her by putting an object inside her.

8. What did Harold's dad do for a living?
(a) He trained horses at the racetrack.
(b) He worked as a night watchman at an armament factory.
(c) He worked as an editor for a university textbook company.
(d) He worked as a policeman in Little Crow.

9. What does Mr. Gillis tell Sequoyah when he meets him in the restroom?
(a) That he likes to drive fast cars.
(b) That he loves teaching school.
(c) That he has a hot date that night.
(d) That he is on meds for severe anxiety.

10. What happens to Simeon Luxe?
(a) He becomes a famous muscian.
(b) He starts stalking Rosemary.
(c) He dies of mysterious causes ten years later.
(d) He gets into a fist fight with Sequoyah over Rosemary.

11. Where does Harold spend a lot of his time?
(a) Downstairs in the basement.
(b) Out in the woods.
(c) Behind the tool shed.
(d) On the front porch.

12. What is the floor of the shed made of?
(a) Wood.
(b) Bricks.
(c) Tile.
(d) Dirt.

13. Who was Sequoyah named for?
(a) The creator of the Cherokee language.
(b) A spirit warrior who danced in the sky.
(c) The great battle chief of the Cheyenne.
(d) His mother's brother.

14. What does George show Sequoyah under the floor of the shed?
(a) Rosemary's sketchbooks.
(b) Sacks full of money.
(c) Old magazines.
(d) A dead rat.

15. How does Rosemary say she knew that Sequoyah was coming?
(a) She saw a sign in the sky.
(b) She read it in her tea leaves.
(c) Sequoyah's social worker had written her a letter and told her.
(d) The spirits told her in a dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the translation for faworki?

2. Why was George afraid of the shed in back of the Troutt house before he overcame his fear?

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

4. Why did Sequoyah get kicked out of the foster home before Troutts?

5. What did Rosemary write on Sequoyah's arms?

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