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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Harold's dad do for a living?
(a) He trained horses at the racetrack.
(b) He worked as a policeman in Little Crow.
(c) He worked as an editor for a university textbook company.
(d) He worked as a night watchman at an armament factory.

2. What does George show Sequoyah under the floor of the shed?
(a) Sacks full of money.
(b) Rosemary's sketchbooks.
(c) A dead rat.
(d) Old magazines.

3. Which of the following is NOT an element of the novel that George is writing about the people in Little Crow?
(a) A story of an old woman who had 100 cats.
(b) A story of two men who rob a bank.
(c) A story of an execution of a police officer.
(d) A story of a teacher who went berserk.

4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic the lover Rosemary tells Sequoyah about?
(a) She was from Ecuador.
(b) She was 30 years old.
(c) She lived all her life in Little Crow.
(d) She was a beautiful woman who traveled the world.

5. What is Harold going to build?
(a) A secret compartment in the attic.
(b) Bookshelves in his and Agnes' bedroom.
(c) A new wooden box with a lock.
(d) Farm style chairs for the kitchen table.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sequoyah is kicked out of the foster home before the Troutts, who does he go home with?

2. What does Rosemary ask Sequoyah to do in the creek at her secret place?

3. Why was George afraid of the shed in back of the Troutt house before he overcame his fear?

4. When Sequoyah is ill and feverish in Chapter 12; what does he dream covers the house?

5. What was the name of Sequoyah's mother's boyfriend who made him sit in the attic as punishment?

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