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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. What does Nora think Emmett's delay in returning home from Cumberland might be due to?
(a) His impulse for adventure.
(b) His need to settle his debts.
(c) His need to settle a score with someone.
(d) His need to visit his brother.

2. 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) Get married.
(d) Look for their father.

3. Who is Jolly's camel?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Yawel.
(c) Abdul.
(d) Saleh.

4. How does Jolly pray?
(a) On his mat.
(b) With his palms up.
(c) In a church only.
(d) In a mosque only.

5. Why is Desma so mad at the postman?
(a) He calls her by her first husband's name.
(b) He shreds her mail.
(c) He steals from her garden.
(d) He steals her checks from the mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the paper Nora's family runs?

2. Where does Nora think her two older sons have gone at the end of Part II?

3. What does Nora do to Make Josie easier to carry up the slope?

4. Which older member of her husband's family also lives with Nora?

5. How does Mico die?

(see the answer key)

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