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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose spirit does Lurie meet in Part II who had once meant a great deal to him?
(a) His father's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Donovan's.
(d) Hobb's.

2. What is Nora's last name?
(a) Lark.
(b) Larson.
(c) Almeara.
(d) Ruiz.

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

4. Who is pursuing Lurie and the gang he commits crimes with?
(a) Marshal John Gadoza.
(b) Marshal John Smith.
(c) Marshal James Rider.
(d) Marshal John Berger.

5. Who were Rey Ruiz's people?
(a) Salvadorans.
(b) Mexicans and Columbians.
(c) Mexicans and Quechans.
(d) Columbians and Quechans.

6. What does Jolly do to prove to people how strong camels are?
(a) Asks the townspeople to bring anything they want to load upon the camel.
(b) Keeps piling water containers onto the camel.
(c) Puts a ton of bricks on the camel's back.
(d) Has the camel lift weights with its legs.

7. What is George's camel's name?
(a) Maida.
(b) Burke.
(c) Saleh.
(d) Mifty.

8. What does Nora think her two older boys are off to do in the end of Part II?
(a) Rob a bank.
(b) Try to sell the paper.
(c) Get married.
(d) Look for their father.

9. What is the name of the rival newspaper a few towns over from where Nora lives?
(a) The Allentown Caller.
(b) The Saratoga Review.
(c) The Times-Tribune.
(d) The Ash River Clarion.

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

11. What does Jolly call Lurie?
(a) Misfit.
(b) James.
(c) John.
(d) Misafir.

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

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

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

15. What does Desma tell the postman as he scrambles off her land?
(a) Not to speak to Nora ever again.
(b) Not to steal from her garden ever again.
(c) Not to lay a hand on a piece of paper with her name on it ever again.
(d) Not to call her by her first husband's name ever again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nora go into town after leaving Desma's house?

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

3. What does Donovan tell Lurie when he asks Donovan why he left Lurie at the roadside?

4. Who does Nora talk to only in her mind?

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

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