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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 does Essie say she plans to do with Andrea in Chapter Nineteen?

2. What is Essie hoping Andrea will ask her?

3. What does Cowney see in one of the photos at the end of Chapter Twenty-One that looks strange to him?

4. What does Jonathan Craig give to Cowney on the ride back to Cherokee in Chapter Twenty-One?

5. Who is the first to find and bring Cowney back to the inn in Chapter Nineteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lishie get Cowney to go to church with her in the start of Part III?

2. What does Tsa Tsi tell Cowney in Part III about Bud?

3. How does Cowney's relationship with Bud change after Lishie's death?

4. What excuse does Cowney give to Bud when Bud tells Cowney they need to talk after Lishie's funeral?

5. Where does Essie want Cowney to take her, and why does she seem to hesitate later?

6. How does Cowney feel after seeing Essie and Andrea kissing?

7. What happens after Cowney tells the military men where to find the bone?

8. What does Essie do when she and Cowney are alone in Part III that makes them both laugh, and how does it affect how Cowney sees her?

9. What does Cowney glimpse on Essie's note that she keeps re-reading that worries him?

10. What does Essie tell Cowney she thinks Andrea is going to ask her in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This novel features a mystery about a missing young girl, a mystery that Clapsaddle resolves by the end of the book. Are you satisfied with Clapsaddle's explanation and resolution of the main mystery in this novel? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Clapsaddle account for the tension between the fact that Cowney, by his own admission, was too young to remember his father's funeral, but he seems to have specific, clear associations with it as a young adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How and when does Cowney begin to realize that he and Essie had very different kinds of childhood and family backgrounds, and what do these differences seem to mean for their relationship? How were Cowney's and Essie's childhoods significantly different? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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