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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lurie feel as the strong want of the giant-sized man he comes across in Part I?
(a) Iron.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Fish pies.

2. What does Nora decide to write a letter in The Sentinel About?
(a) How the town needs more businesses to stay alive.
(b) Why the county seat should stay in Amargo.
(c) How Doc Almenara is corrupt.
(d) How awful Merrion Crace is.

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

4. What does Toby want his mother to see in the brush in Part I?
(a) Tracks he has found.
(b) An injured dog.
(c) Stars.
(d) Snow.

5. Who was Desma's first husband?
(a) Ray Ruiz.
(b) James Reese.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Joseph Gris.

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

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

8. What happens to the springhouse in Part I?
(a) It is destroyed by fire.
(b) It is buried in snow.
(c) It is ransacked.
(d) It is destroyed by tornado.

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

10. Who was Desma's second husband?
(a) James Madison.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Rey Ruiz.
(d) Joseph Gris.

11. What is the person who Lurie steals the nazar from nicknamed?
(a) Joner.
(b) Bud.
(c) Jeffie.
(d) Jolly.

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

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

14. What does Nora help Desma to do at her house in Part II?
(a) Drive in new fenceposts.
(b) Cut down a tree.
(c) Weed the garden.
(d) Fix a latch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gang does Lurie join that commits crimes?

2. What curiosity unites Emmett and Nora when they first meet?

3. Why does Nora claim not to be worried about the delay in her husband getting home?

4. Why is Desma so mad at the postman?

5. Where does Nora grow up?

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