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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 149 - 221).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nora find has happened at The Sentinel office when she visits it in town?
(a) Someone has left excrement on the porch.
(b) Someone has splintered the wood of the staircase at the front.
(c) Someone has thrown something through the window and smashed it.
(d) Someone has painted obscenities on the facade.

3. What does Donovan tell Lurie when he asks Donovan why he left Lurie at the roadside?
(a) He thought he had a better chance of living on his own.
(b) He could not carry Lurie any longer.
(c) Lurie was no longer his responsibility.
(d) He thought it was the last kindness he could pay him.

4. What magazine does the postman have for both Nora and Desma?
(a) Mission.
(b) Lady's Home Journal.
(c) Redbook.
(d) Vogue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns cattle a town away from Nora and is very wealthy and influential?

2. Who is pursuing Lurie and the gang he commits crimes with?

3. What is the scarcest and most precious resource in Nora's household?

4. What is Nora's last name?

5. What is the name of the rival newspaper a few towns over from where Nora lives?

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