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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is written on a gold-lettered shingle at The Sentinel office?
(a) The Lark Family Editors.
(b) Lark and Sons.
(c) The Newspaper Boys.
(d) Emmett Lark.

2. What is Desma's last name?
(a) Reese.
(b) Ruiz.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Reyna.

3. What letter does Nora find at The Sentinel office that gives her a clue to her sons' whereabouts?
(a) A letter referencing her sons' rental of a horse and carriage.
(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 a loan her sons took out.

4. Who does Nora talk to only in her mind?
(a) Her own dead mother.
(b) Emmett.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Evelyn.

5. Who runs the company Lurie is traveling with?
(a) Ned Beale.
(b) Moss Keane.
(c) Sergeant Stone.
(d) Ferny Bell.

6. Who are Nora's three sons?
(a) Toby, Jason, and Emmett.
(b) Rob, Dolan, and Toby.
(c) James, John, and Toby.
(d) John, Danny, and Rob.

7. What is one of the things Desma helps Nora do when Nora first arrives in Amargo?
(a) Plant a good garden.
(b) Sew clothes.
(c) Find water.
(d) Get a job.

8. Who is the postman that comes to Desma's while Nora is there?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Ferdy Kostic.
(c) Jason Maines.
(d) John Johnson.

9. In Part II, which large Texas city do Lurie and his companions eventually reach?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Dallas.
(c) San Antonia.
(d) Austin.

10. Which older member of her husband's family also lives with Nora?
(a) Emmett's uncle.
(b) John's father.
(c) Emmett's mother.
(d) James' grandfather.

11. What does Toby tell his mother he thinks is lurking around their house?
(a) A baby no one else can see.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A beast.
(d) A robber.

12. What word does Emmett object to in Nora's letter that she wants him to print in The Sentinel?
(a) Retribution.
(b) Redoubtable.
(c) Contrition.
(d) Contraction.

13. After his father dies, where does Lurie stay for a year?
(a) The law office.
(b) The harbor.
(c) The coachman's stable.
(d) The bakery.

14. What is the scarcest and most precious resource in Nora's household?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Gold.
(d) Money.

15. Why does Nora go into town after leaving Desma's house?
(a) To find food.
(b) To go to the bank.
(c) To check on her boys.
(d) To see if there is any water coming out of the pump.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desma tell Nora she should do with Josie?

2. Whose spirit does Lurie meet in Part II who had once meant a great deal to him?

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

4. What is the person who Lurie steals the nazar from nicknamed?

5. What special gift does the girl who lives with Nora claim to have?

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