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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 297 - 370).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josie tell Nora about Gramma in Part III that Nora does not believe?
(a) She prayed.
(b) She spoke.
(c) She expressed a wish to die soon.
(d) She moved.

2. What does Nora wish Doc Almenara brought her in Part III?
(a) Water.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Elk steaks.
(d) A gun.

3. What does Nora do to Make Josie easier to carry up the slope?
(a) She sets her on her feet so she can walk a little.
(b) She folds her up over her shoulders.
(c) She makes her drop all her bags she is carrying.
(d) She takes her dress off.

4. 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.

5. What does Nora think her two older boys are off to do in the end of Part II?
(a) Try to sell the paper.
(b) Rob a bank.
(c) Look for their father.
(d) Get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nora claim not to be worried about the delay in her husband getting home?

2. What does the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of do?

3. After his father dies, where does Lurie stay for a year?

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

5. What tribe does the person who visits Nora shortly after Evelyn is born belong to?

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