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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sequoyah imagine he wants to live when he grows up?

2. What is faworki?

3. When Sequoyah rummages through Rosemary's belongings in her room, what does he NOT find?

4. How are Sequoyah and his great-grandfather alike?

5. What worry did Sequoyah have when he sees Rosemary coming upstairs his first night at the Troutts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sequoyah think that Monfiori tries to do to him?

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

3. Why does Nora Drake ask for Sequoyah's help, and how does that request affect their relationship?

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

5. Why does Sequoyah not like the Bugs Bunny cartoon he saw at the drive-in when he was a little boy with his mother?

6. How are foster homes different than shelters, according to Sequoyah?

7. What is significant about the two books that Rosemary gives Sequoyah to read?

8. What caused Sequoyah's scars?

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

10. Why is the main character named Sequoyah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the literary technique of foreshadowing, and give three examples of how it is used in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the town in creating the atmosphere for the novel. Provide three examples of how the behaviors and/or characters in the town promote the unhealthy feeling of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sequoyah's search for his identity, giving three examples from the novel that illustrate his uncertainty.

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