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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 222 - 296) .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a sign that a camel needs water badly?
(a) The camel's tongue swells.
(b) The camel starts eating much more.
(c) The humps start to sag.
(d) The camel's eyelashes start falling out.

3. What does Desma tell the postman as he scrambles off her land?
(a) Not to steal from her garden ever again.
(b) Not to speak to Nora ever again.
(c) Not to call her by her first husband's name ever again.
(d) Not to lay a hand on a piece of paper with her name on it ever again.

4. What does Nora think her two older boys are off to do in the end of Part II?
(a) Try to sell the paper.
(b) Rob a bank.
(c) Look for their father.
(d) Get married.

5. What does Desma do to the postman as he rides away?
(a) Trips him.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Curses at him.
(d) Hits him with a stone and knocks him off his horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emmett leave the homestead to go looking for?

2. Who is in the picture with Merrion Crace that hangs in the Mercantile?

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

4. Why do some of the men break off from the others in Lurie's party in Part III?

5. What does Lurie tell Marshal John Berger when Berger catches up with him in Part IV?

(see the answer key)

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