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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 is Shaw afraid that the men he is with will do after he dies?
(a) Leave his body to the wolves.
(b) Dig him a shallow grave.
(c) Never tell his family he died.
(d) Rob his possessions.

2. What secret does Nora discover Josie has been keeping in Part III?
(a) She is really sick and dying.
(b) She is romantically involved with Rob.
(c) She speaks several languages.
(d) She is romantically involved with Dolan.

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

4. Who is Nora's mother?
(a) Emmeline Harey.
(b) Jennifer Jordan.
(c) Ellen Francis Volk.
(d) Lenore Valentine.

5. What does Donovan tell Lurie when he asks Donovan why he left Lurie at the roadside?
(a) He could not carry Lurie any longer.
(b) Lurie was no longer his responsibility.
(c) He thought he had a better chance of living on his own.
(d) He thought it was the last kindness he could pay him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desma do to the postman as he rides away?

2. What does Jolly do to prove to people how strong camels are?

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

4. Why had Josie, Rob, and Dolan all gone out to the springhouse the night before it was raided?

5. Where does Nora grow up?

(see the answer key)

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