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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josie tell Nora about Gramma in Part III that Nora does not believe?
(a) She expressed a wish to die soon.
(b) She prayed.
(c) She moved.
(d) She spoke.

2. What does Jolly tell Lurie when Lurie asks him if he has ever killed a man?
(a) Of course, because he fought for two years in Algiers.
(b) He does not want to say.
(c) No, because he is a Muslim.
(d) He killed one man once, in self-defense.

3. Who is Jolly's camel?
(a) Yawel.
(b) Saleh.
(c) Mahmoud.
(d) Abdul.

4. What term of affection does Nora sometimes use to address Toby?
(a) Honey.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Lamb.

5. What is Shaw afraid that the men he is with will do after he dies?
(a) Rob his possessions.
(b) Never tell his family he died.
(c) Leave his body to the wolves.
(d) Dig him a shallow grave.

6. How does Doc Almenara dress?
(a) As if he thinks Amargo is a boomtown.
(b) Like a cowboy.
(c) Like a servant.
(d) As if he is always going to a funeral.

7. What secret does Nora discover Josie has been keeping in Part III?
(a) She speaks several languages.
(b) She is romantically involved with Dolan.
(c) She is romantically involved with Rob.
(d) She is really sick and dying.

8. What does Lurie tell Marshal John Berger when Berger catches up with him in Part IV?
(a) He tells him he will run and Berger can not catch him.
(b) He tells him to leave Gabriela alone.
(c) He challenges him to a duel.
(d) He insists he is not the man Berger is looking for.

9. Who owns the camels in Lurie's company?
(a) Ned Beale.
(b) Merrion Crace.
(c) The War Department.
(d) Jolly.

10. What does the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of do?
(a) It is a griddle.
(b) It is a corn mill.
(c) It is a deep fryer.
(d) It is a huge stockpot.

11. What bothers Nora about her regular visitor to the house shortly after Evelyn is born?
(a) She wants to hold the baby all the time.
(b) She drinks too much water.
(c) She wants to bake all the time.
(d) She does not seem to like men.

12. Who does Harlan go through the house looking for in Part IV?
(a) Josie.
(b) Merrion.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Toby.

13. What is the name of the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of?
(a) The Flint.
(b) The Little Giant.
(c) The Skein.
(d) The Wrecking Ball.

14. Who does Lurie write to in desperation when Burke takes ill for advice?
(a) George.
(b) Shaw.
(c) Jolly.
(d) Doc Almenara.

15. What does Jolly propose to Lurie after Shaw and Mico die?
(a) They could leave the rest of the company, pretending they also died.
(b) They could become bank robbers.
(c) They could open a boarding house together.
(d) They could travel to Turkey together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the envelope the Doc leaves with Nora in Part III?

2. Who tested out the phone line at the Worther Hotel?

3. What does Nora see on the camel in the dark?

4. What does Harlan propose buying from Nora?

5. Why had Josie, Rob, and Dolan all gone out to the springhouse the night before it was raided?

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