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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. What does Rosemary believe happens after death?
(a) She believes that everyone descends to hell.
(b) She believes there is nothing after death.
(c) She believes in purgatory.
(d) She believes angels swoop down and take you to heaven.

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

3. Which of the following behaviors does Rosemary NOT let Sequoyah watch her do?
(a) Smoke by the window.
(b) Put on make-up.
(c) Drive a car.
(d) Pick out her shoes.

4. What does George think happened while he stands by the tree in the woods when he and Sequoyah look for Rosemary?
(a) He thinks he saw a monster.
(b) He thinks he heard the sound of running water.
(c) He thinks he saw Rosemary.
(d) He thinks someone called his name.

5. What does Sequoyah say to Agnes when he finds her sleeping downstairs after Rosemary dies?
(a) "I love you."
(b) "Why didn't you stop Rosemary?"
(c) "Would you be my mother?"
(d) "I don't know who I am."

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we know about Agnes' mother?

2. What does Sequoyah NOT do the day of Rosemary's funeral?

3. What excuse does Rosemary give for turning down Sequoyah's overtures?

4. What happens to Sequoyah's mother at the court hearing?

5. When Sequoyah is ill and feverish in Chapter 12; what does he dream covers the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sequoyah doing at the end of the book?

2. What does Sequoyah do when he finds a picture of Rosemary sleeping on the couch?

3. Where does Rosemary say she has to go after she comes home after her argument with Harold?

4. What fear does George have about driving?

5. What is the incident that triggers Sequoyah's own kind of breakdown and grieving after Rosemary's death?

6. What do the doctors determine about Sequoyah's headaches and vomiting when he is tested at the Northridge Neurological Institute?

7. What memories does Sequoyah have of the moment before Rosemary dies?

8. Why was Rosemary's death determined to be a suicide?

9. Who is Jerry Hock and what does he do as a hobby?

10. What is the significance of the Native American man that Sequoyah sees standing in his yard while Sequoyah waited for the bus?

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