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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes Sequoyah's grandpa's death?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) Old age.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Stomach cancer.

3. On the first night at the Troutt's house, what does Agnes tell Sequoyah about Rosemary?
(a) That she is a troublemaker.
(b) That he should stay away from her.
(c) That she is an artist.
(d) That she is excited to have a new foster-brother.

4. Why was George afraid of the shed in back of the Troutt house before he overcame his fear?
(a) Because it was a little space, and he was claustrophobic.
(b) Because it had no electricity and was very dark.
(c) Because he thought it was haunted.
(d) Because rats had lived in there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the floor of the shed made of?

2. How does Sequoyah feel about Nora Drake?

3. What does Rosemary do with the boy in the woods?

4. What activity did kids sometimes do at backyard birthday parties?

5. How does Nora Drake die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George prefer to communicate with Sequoyah?

2. Who is Monfiori?

3. What did Rosemary do to try to commit suicide on two different occasions?

4. When George asks Sequoyah to tell him about Cherokees, what does Sequoyah do?

5. What kind of list does Sequoyah ask George to share with him?

6. What rumors has Sequoyah heard about what happens at backyard birthday parties?

7. What does Sequoyah like about the setting of the Troutt house?

8. What does Mr. Gillis tell Sequoyah when Sequoyah meets the teacher in the bathroom on his first day of school?

9. What does George do with the paper liners from Rosemary's cassette tapes?

10. What caused Sequoyah's scars?

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