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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. What does Lurie remember telling the writer from Nevada about mounting a camel?
(a) You have to humble yourself to mount a camel.
(b) You have to eat heartily first to mount a camel.
(c) No man can mount a camel without degradation.
(d) You have to offer a camel water before mounting it.

2. What is one of the things Desma helps Nora do when Nora first arrives in Amargo?
(a) Plant a good garden.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Sew clothes.
(d) Find water.

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

4. What does Toby want his mother to see in the brush in Part I?
(a) An injured dog.
(b) Snow.
(c) Tracks he has found.
(d) Stars.

5. Who owns cattle a town away from Nora and is very wealthy and influential?
(a) Lurie.
(b) Marshal Berger.
(c) Jolly.
(d) Merrion Crace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nora's mother?

2. Which older member of her husband's family also lives with Nora?

3. What does Nora decide to write a letter in The Sentinel About?

4. Who are Nora's three sons?

5. Who runs the company Lurie is traveling with?

(see the answer key)

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