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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. Who is the doctor who takes care of Nora's family?
(a) Doc Almenara.
(b) Doc Johnson.
(c) Doc Holiday.
(d) Doc Farbret.

2. Who were Rey Ruiz's people?
(a) Columbians and Quechans.
(b) Mexicans and Columbians.
(c) Mexicans and Quechans.
(d) Salvadorans.

3. 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 open a boarding house together.
(c) They could become bank robbers.
(d) They could travel to Turkey together.

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

5. Who does Lurie originally steal the nazar from?
(a) Darvan Jones.
(b) Micro Ronta.
(c) Mohammed Ali.
(d) Hadji Ali.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nora go into town after leaving Desma's house?

2. What does Lurie remember telling the writer from Nevada about mounting a camel?

3. What does Nora think Emmett's delay in returning home from Cumberland might be due to?

4. Who owns the camels in Lurie's company?

5. What happens to the springhouse in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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