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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. What causes Sequoyah's grandpa's death?

2. What noise does Rosemary hear outside her bedroom window that drives her crazy?

3. In a rumor, Sequoyah hears of adult sex parties where women dress up as what?

4. What does Harold think about solitude?

5. What does Sequoyah's name mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rosemary say about a dream she had about Sequoyah?

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

3. How does George prefer to communicate with Sequoyah?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What caused Sequoyah's scars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the hatred between Nora and Sequoyah. Provide three reasons for their strong, mutual dislike of each other.

Essay Topic 3

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

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