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

2. What is the name of Lurie's camel?
(a) Wizard.
(b) Notty.
(c) Barley.
(d) Burke.

3. Which of the following injuries does Josie have from the camel?
(a) A crushed torso.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A lost eye.
(d) A lost finger.

4. Why does Nora claim not to be worried about the delay in her husband getting home?
(a) She feels in her bones he is alive.
(b) She has faith in his survival abilities because she has seen him overcome setbacks and challenges before.
(c) She has had a letter from him telling her he is OK.
(d) She talked to a friend who saw him in town recently.

5. Why does Nora tell Josie she further doubts her story about seeing the beast from her window?
(a) Josie does not have a window.
(b) Josie's window does not overlook the barn, and she told Nora she saw the beast by the barn.
(c) Josie's window is so dirty no one can see anything out of it.
(d) Josie was not in the house the night she says she saw the beast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desma tell Nora she should do with Josie?

2. What is Shaw afraid that the men he is with will do after he dies?

3. What does Harlan propose buying from Nora?

4. What does Sheriff Harlan Bell say to Nora when she tells him about the brick that was thrown through the window of The Sentinel?

5. What does Merrion Crace cook at Nora's house when he comes to visit?

(see the answer key)

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