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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 the rebuttal letter in the Ash River Clarion say about Desma?
(a) She is wanted for robbery.
(b) She has been married four times.
(c) Her first husband never really died.
(d) She has been wanted for her first husband's murder.

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

3. What does Lurie realize about the spirits of the dead for the first time in Part III?
(a) The can touch things themselves.
(b) They are always cold.
(c) They can howl like wolves.
(d) They can see the living, but not each other.

4. What is Lurie compelled to do by Hobb's spirit?
(a) Eat.
(b) Drink.
(c) Steal.
(d) Become a tailor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the doctor who takes care of Nora's family?

2. How does George know they are too late on their mission with the girl in Part III?

3. What does Merrion Crace cook at Nora's house when he comes to visit?

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

5. Who does Lurie originally steal the nazar from?

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