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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 75 - 148).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Desma's second husband?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Joseph Gris.
(c) Rey Ruiz.
(d) John Smith.

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 painted obscenities on the facade.
(c) Someone has splintered the wood of the staircase at the front.
(d) Someone has thrown something through the window and smashed it.

3. What is Donovan's want?
(a) To own his own business.
(b) To sleep without dreaming.
(c) To fill his canteen and sip from it all day, never allowing it to empty.
(d) To eat as much as possible.

4. Why is Desma so mad at the postman?
(a) He steals from her garden.
(b) He shreds her mail.
(c) He calls her by her first husband's name.
(d) He steals her checks from the mail.

5. What does Jolly do to prove to people how strong camels are?
(a) Has the camel lift weights with its legs.
(b) Puts a ton of bricks on the camel's back.
(c) Asks the townspeople to bring anything they want to load upon the camel.
(d) Keeps piling water containers onto the camel.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Lurie refer to as a spirit's yearning that he is compelled to carry out?

4. Where does Nora grow up?

5. What is written on a gold-lettered shingle at The Sentinel office?

(see the answer key)

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