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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. Looking back on the events of his past, what does Sequoyah recognize that he wanted then?
(a) To have a recognizable talent.
(b) To live on his own, without adults.
(c) To be liked and accepted.
(d) To be a great student.

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

3. When Sequoyah rummages through Rosemary's belongings in her room, what does he NOT find?
(a) Colored pencils, markers, and chalk.
(b) A notebook with her handwritten entries in purple ink.
(c) EEG reports about epileptic seizures.
(d) Syringes and cocaine.

4. What is the name of the old man with the dog who talks to Sequoyah?
(a) Billy.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Jack.
(d) Scotty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Sequoyah to fish?

2. What does Rosemary's father do for fun?

3. What does Sequoyah's name mean?

4. What does Sequoyah think that Monfiore tried to do to him while he slept?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Rosemary's first reaction to Sequoyah?

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

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

6. Why is the main character named Sequoyah?

7. Why had George been afraid of the shed in the back?

8. Why was Sequoyah's mother put in prison?

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

10. What does Rosemary's father do to the birds he raises in the backyard?

(see the answer keys)

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