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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 advice does Donovan give Lurie soon after they meet?
(a) To make sure he married the right woman.
(b) Not to ever drink except from his own flask.
(c) Not to ever let anyone touch him.
(d) To make sure he worked hard every day.

2. What does Lurie refer to as a spirit's yearning that he is compelled to carry out?
(a) A want.
(b) A wish.
(c) A dream.
(d) A compulsion.

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

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

5. Which older member of her husband's family also lives with Nora?
(a) Emmett's uncle.
(b) Emmett's mother.
(c) John's father.
(d) James' grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does Emmett object to in Nora's letter that she wants him to print in The Sentinel?

3. What is the name of Lurie's camel?

4. What does Lurie feel as the strong want of the giant-sized man he comes across in Part I?

5. How does Nora meet Emmett?

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