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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cowney's first impression of the room he and Essie meet in at the inn?
(a) It is terrifying.
(b) It is eerie.
(c) It is pretty.
(d) It is comfortable.

2. What does Lishie tell Cowney about his father's attitude when he shipped off to war?
(a) He was sad.
(b) He was angry.
(c) He was terrified.
(d) He was very happy.

3. What does Lee warn Cowney not to leave the grounds of the inn with?
(a) The bone.
(b) Any Grove Park Property.
(c) Any money.
(d) His camera.

4. Who does Cowney ride to his new job with in Chapter Three?
(a) Essie Stamper.
(b) Laurel Henrey.
(c) Hettie Ryan.
(d) Maisie Freeland.

5. What does Cowney think Essie smells like in Chapter Four?
(a) Thyme.
(b) Lavender and Honeysuckle.
(c) Roses.
(d) Lemon.

6. What does Cowney feel he will become if he stays in Cherokee in Chapter 2?
(a) Lishie's caregiver.
(b) A college student.
(c) An intern at the church.
(d) Bud's dispensable errand boy.

7. Who does Lishie tell Cowney was involved in his father's death?
(a) Lee.
(b) A sleepwalking soldier.
(c) Jon Craig.
(d) Tsa Tsi.

8. How does Essie refer to the people staying at the inn, so that Cowney corrects her?
(a) As prisoners.
(b) As criminals.
(c) As ingrates.
(d) As ghosts.

9. Who does Cowney tell about finding the bone in Chapter Nine?
(a) Essie.
(b) Sol.
(c) Bud.
(d) Lee.

10. What does Cowney call his grandmother?
(a) Lishie.
(b) Granny.
(c) Mohaer.
(d) Nan.

11. Where does Cowney read the U.S. government is holding some Japanese Americans?
(a) In Mexico.
(b) In camps on Indian reservations in the American west.
(c) In Canada.
(d) In North Carolina.

12. How does Essie know the rank of one of the first soldiers to greet them at the inn?
(a) Her old boyfriend is in the army.
(b) Her father is in the army.
(c) Her uncle is in the army.
(d) Her older brother is in the army.

13. What does Cowney read about in the newspaper in Chapter Nine?
(a) A missing person in the war.
(b) A rash of dog killings.
(c) The death of Tsa Tsi.
(d) The poisoning of the river with chemicals.

14. What does Bud ask for Cowney's help with in Chapter Two?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Moving lumber.
(c) Building a house.
(d) Hunting.

15. Which river does Cowney live near?
(a) The Ocatoya.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The Oconaluftee.
(d) The Wagatauchee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Essie supposedly working at the inn during the summer?

2. Why does Cowney feel disconnected from world events at the inn?

3. Who looks after a monkey in Cowney's town?

4. What does Cowney call the religious leader of his grandmother's church?

5. Who communicates Essie's request for a ride to their job together to Cowney?

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