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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. What author does Obreht open the novel with a quote from?
(a) James Galvin.
(b) John La Carre.
(c) Patrick DeWitt.
(d) William Shakespeare.

2. After his father dies, where does Lurie stay for a year?
(a) The harbor.
(b) The law office.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The coachman's stable.

3. Who does Emmett leave the homestead to go looking for?
(a) His older brother Tony.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Merrion Crace.
(d) Paul Griggs, the family's water person.

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

5. What is in the envelope the Doc leaves with Nora in Part III?
(a) Money.
(b) Rebuttal letters Emmett failed to print in The Sentinel.
(c) Prescriptions for Toby's medicine.
(d) Deeds for a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lurie say about camel hair?

2. How does Jolly pray?

3. What does Donovan do to Lurie when he finds out they are wanted men?

4. Where does Nora grow up?

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

(see the answer key)

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