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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 is Rosemary's attitude the day of the court hearing for Sequoyah's mother?

2. What food does Rosemary put into a bag one Saturday morning when she asks Sequoyah to come with her?

3. What was the reason the juvenile detention center decided to restrain Rosemary?

4. What of the following is NOT something that Jerry Hock does?

5. Whose car does Sequoyah get into after he walks downtown in the rain to find Rosemary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sequoyah do after he and George go looking for Rosemary and George has a panic attack?

2. How does Harold react to Sequoyah trying to help Agnes find Rosemary?

3. Why does Rosemary go to the homeless camp with Sequoyah?

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

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

6. Discuss the letters that George receives from his grandparents.

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

8. What activity does Sequoyah define as the most invigorating experience he had at the Troutts?

9. Who is Ruth Arviso and why is she important to Rosemary?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue that Sequoyah's assertion that looking back, he wanted "more than anything else to be liked, accepted" (37) was or was not accurate. Give three reasons for your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Define the literary term "coming-of-age" novel, and give three ways that Where the Dead Sit Talking is an example of this genre.

Essay Topic 3

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

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