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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Rosemary put into a bag one Saturday morning when she asks Sequoyah to come with her?
(a) Jars of peanut butter and loaves of bread.
(b) Ham sandwiches and dill pickles.
(c) Milky Way candy bars and apples.
(d) Bags of potato chips and containers of dip.

2. Who calms George down enough to convince him to go back to the house after he freezes up in the woods?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Harold.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Sequoyah.

3. What does Sequoyah imagine (on page 183) that Harold would say about him?
(a) "He was one of my favorite foster children."
(b) "I always wanted a son like him."
(c) "I knew he had problems, but I did not know they were this bad."
(d) "He was a good boy with a good mind."

4. What does Rosemary do when she is as angry as Sequoyah has ever seen?
(a) She kicks the tires on Harold's truck.
(b) She throws rocks at Sequoyah's.
(c) She picks up a branch and clobbers it on the ground.
(d) She puts her fist through the kitchen window.

5. What do we know about Agnes' mother?
(a) She did not like Harold.
(b) She was a Native American.
(c) She was a beauty-pageant winner.
(d) She was deaf.

6. What disease does Ruth Arviso suffer from?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Crohn's.
(c) Alzheimer's.
(d) Cancer.

7. What does Rosemary want Sequoyah to do to the barking dog?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Pet him.
(c) Adopt him.
(d) Poison him.

8. When George's grandparents write letters to him, what is the main content of the letters?
(a) The food they eat on their vacations.
(b) The sorrow they have for what happened to George's parents.
(c) The hope they have for him receiving a scholarship.
(d) The money they are going to send him someday.

9. What does Harold say is his hobby?
(a) He is a sports buff.
(b) He is an avid fisherman.
(c) He is a furniture refinisher.
(d) He is a stamp collector.

10. What was required of George or Sequoyah if they lost the game?
(a) He had to pay the other five dollars.
(b) He had to create a new and different game for them to play.
(c) He had to act out his death in exaggerated gestures.
(d) He had to do the other's chores for a week.

11. What photo does Sequoyah find that he tries to imitate?
(a) A photo of Rosemary sleeping on the couch.
(b) A photo of Harold outside by the tree.
(c) A photograph of Agnes wearing an apron.
(d) A photo of George writing in his notebook.

12. When George comes out of his sadness, where does he talk about traveling to?
(a) Tropical beaches.
(b) Snowy, mountainous places.
(c) Deserts of Arizona.
(d) Historical sites in America.

13. Where does Sequoyah go to be alone?
(a) The woods.
(b) The basement.
(c) The shed.
(d) The attic.

14. What does Sequoyah feel he needs to do for Agnes after Rosemary dies?
(a) He needs to protect her.
(b) He needs to steal from her.
(c) He needs to help her.
(d) He needs to insult her.

15. Why does Rosemary say she got sent to the detention center?
(a) Because she was jaywalking.
(b) Because she was found with drugs.
(c) Because she went for a joy ride.
(d) Because she stole clothes from the mall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sequoyah construct in the woods after Rosemary dies?

2. Why do Agnes and Harold not call the police when Rosemary goes missing?

3. Whose car does Sequoyah get into after he walks downtown in the rain to find Rosemary?

4. What habit does George take up after reading an article by a swami?

5. At the end of the book, where does Sequoyah spend most of his time?

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