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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is the doctor who takes care of Nora's family?
(a) Doc Almenara.
(b) Doc Farbret.
(c) Doc Holiday.
(d) Doc Johnson.

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

8. Where is there talk of moving the county seat to, away from Amargo?
(a) Fargo.
(b) Saratoga.
(c) Ash River.
(d) San Francisco.

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

10. 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 her son's summons to court.
(c) A letter referencing a loan her sons took out.
(d) A letter referencing her sons' rental of a horse and carriage.

11. What gang does Lurie join that commits crimes?
(a) The Blue River Gang.
(b) The Mattie Gang.
(c) The Marshal Gang.
(d) The Bahul Gang.

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

13. Where does Nora think her two older sons have gone at the end of Part II?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Prescott.
(c) Saratoga.
(d) Ash River.

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

15. What advice does Donovan give Lurie soon after they meet?
(a) To make sure he married the right woman.
(b) Not to ever let anyone touch him.
(c) Not to ever drink except from his own flask.
(d) To make sure he worked hard every day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What regiments had Rey Ruiz's father spent years with?

2. What does Nora decide to write a letter in The Sentinel About?

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

4. Who was Desma's first husband?

5. Who is the girl who lives in Nora's household?

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