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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. Who comes to visit Nora shortly after Evelyn is born?
(a) An old Indian woman.
(b) A young white neighbor.
(c) A tabby cat.
(d) A man asking for water regularly.

2. What does Donovan do to Lurie when he finds out they are wanted men?
(a) Leaves Lurie at the bank.
(b) Shaves Lurie's head.
(c) Finds Lurie's family for Lurie to go with.
(d) Stabs Lurie.

3. Why does Nora claim not to be worried about the delay in her husband getting home?
(a) She talked to a friend who saw him in town recently.
(b) She has faith in his survival abilities because she has seen him overcome setbacks and challenges before.
(c) She has had a letter from him telling her he is OK.
(d) She feels in her bones he is alive.

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

5. 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) Look for their father.
(c) Get married.
(d) Rob a bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lurie feel as the strong want of the giant-sized man he comes across in Part I?

2. How does Desma know that it was Nora who wrote the rebuttal letter in The Sentinel?

3. What does Lurie refer to as a spirit's yearning that he is compelled to carry out?

4. What is Nora's mother-in-law's first name?

5. What do Lurie and the coachman do for money?

(see the answer key)

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