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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Desma do to the postman as he rides away?
(a) Curses at him.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Trips him.
(d) Hits him with a stone and knocks him off his horse.

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

3. What do Lurie and the coachman do for money?
(a) Pick pockets.
(b) Steal from the ships in the harbor.
(c) Dig up graves.
(d) Make harnesses for horses.

4. Who does Lurie originally steal the nazar from?
(a) Mohammed Ali.
(b) Darvan Jones.
(c) Micro Ronta.
(d) Hadji Ali.

5. Who is Nora's mother?
(a) Jennifer Jordan.
(b) Lenore Valentine.
(c) Ellen Francis Volk.
(d) Emmeline Harey.

6. Why has Nora recently shaved Toby's head in Part I?
(a) Because the doctor had needed to operate on his brain.
(b) To deal with lice.
(c) Because it was too hot for him.
(d) Because it was dirty with mud.

7. Who is the girl who lives in Nora's household?
(a) Jenny Beale.
(b) Josie Kincaid.
(c) Jessica Jones.
(d) Margot Taylor.

8. What curiosity unites Emmett and Nora when they first meet?
(a) Emmett's snow globe.
(b) Emmett's tooth from a river horse.
(c) Emmett's compass.
(d) Emmett's nazar.

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

10. What is Nora's husband's name?
(a) Merrion.
(b) Harlan.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Dolan.

11. 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.

12. What health problem does Toby have?
(a) He has epilepsy.
(b) He only has one leg.
(c) He is a diabetic.
(d) He has sight problems because of a fall from a horse.

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

14. Why does Emmett tell Nora he thought she wrote her rebuttal letter?
(a) For her father.
(b) For her mother.
(c) For her conscience.
(d) For her constitution, but not to actually be printed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Lurie's group of travelers most often fights with Jolly?

2. What does Nora think her two older boys are off to do in the end of Part II?

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

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

5. Why is Lurie being chased by the law?

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