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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food does Sequoyah eat when Harold and Agnes bring him home from the hospital?
(a) Chinese.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) Italian.
(d) Barbeque.

2. What is George afraid of when he learns to drive?
(a) That the traffic lights will quit working when he's driving.
(b) That the gas pedal will stick.
(c) That the stress will cause him to swerve into oncoming traffic.
(d) That the car will go over a cliff.

3. What color is the lipstick Rosemary is wearing the night she asks Sequoyah to take action on the dog?
(a) Hot pink, like the hue of a rose.
(b) Bright purple, like a beating vein.
(c) Dark red, like the color of dried blood.
(d) Black, like the color of his eyeliner.

4. What item does Sequoyah stab to shreds at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Harold's girly magazines.
(b) George's notebook.
(c) Bread from his sandwich.
(d) Rosemary's shirt.

5. What was the reason the juvenile detention center decided to restrain Rosemary?
(a) Because they had received a tip that she was carrying a bomb.
(b) Because they needed to set an example with her.
(c) Because she tried to poke their eyes out.
(d) Because she threatened suicide.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who calms George down enough to convince him to go back to the house after he freezes up in the woods?

3. After Sequoyah and Agnes return from Rosemary's secret place, what does Harold say to Sequoyah (on page 227)?

4. Where does Sequoyah go to be alone?

5. What does Sequoyah do to his hair after Rosemary dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at Sequoyah's mother's court hearing?

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

3. What is Sequoyah's reaction to Jack and being in his apartment?

4. What do the doctors determine about Sequoyah's headaches and vomiting when he is tested at the Northridge Neurological Institute?

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

6. What fear does George have about driving?

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

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

9. The night after the court-hearing, what does Sequoyah do by himself?

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

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