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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 Nora Drake die?

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

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

4. What does Rosemary say to Sequoyah when they leave the woods that makes him angry?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Simeon Luxe and what happened to him?

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

4. How does George prefer to communicate with Sequoyah?

5. In Chapter Six, what does Nora Drake tell Rosemary about Sequoyah?

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

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

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

9. What does Agnes do to try and make Sequoyah feel welcome the first night?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue that social workers and counselors did or did not help Sequoyah. Provide three reasons for your argument.

Essay Topic 2

One of the pervading themes of the novel is of death. Discuss three ways that the author integrates death into the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sequoyah's role in Rosemary's death, providing three examples of your reasoning.

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