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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 222 - 296) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had Josie, Rob, and Dolan all gone out to the springhouse the night before it was raided?
(a) To kill the chickens.
(b) To gamble.
(c) To try to call up Emmett's spirit.
(d) To look at the stars.

2. What kind of gun does Emmett have in the house?
(a) A Colt.
(b) A Smith and Wesson.
(c) A Winchester.
(d) A Landry.

3. What happens to break Lurie and his own true love apart?
(a) Her estranged husband writes to say he is returning.
(b) She is shot dead by a marshal.
(c) He is put in jail for a long time.
(d) She is forced to move by her overbearing mother.

4. What does Sheriff Harlan Bell say to Nora when she tells him about the brick that was thrown through the window of The Sentinel?
(a) He has caught the culprit.
(b) It is the first he is hearing of it.
(c) He has no idea who did it and will not investigate.
(d) He has referred the matter to the marshal.

5. What letter does Nora find at The Sentinel office that gives her a clue to her sons' whereabouts?
(a) A letter referencing a loan her sons took out.
(b) A letter referencing her son's summons to court.
(c) A letter referencing her sons' petitioning of the Marshal Office for help finding their father Emmett.
(d) A letter referencing her sons' rental of a horse and carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rebuttal letter in the Ash River Clarion say about Desma?

2. Who does Emmett leave the homestead to go looking for?

3. What is the name of the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of?

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

5. What is Shaw afraid that the men he is with will do after he dies?

(see the answer key)

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