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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Desma tell Nora she should do with Josie?
(a) Send her to a convent.
(b) Charge people for the seances Josie runs.
(c) Let her marry Dolan.
(d) Put her out of the house.

3. What special gift does the girl who lives with Nora claim to have?
(a) The ability to read minds.
(b) The ability to move objects with her mind.
(c) The ability to interpret dreams.
(d) The ability to speak with dead spirits.

4. What does Donovan leave Lurie with at the side of the road when they part ways?
(a) A dog.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Bread and a canteen.
(d) A bag of money.

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

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

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

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

9. What regiments had Rey Ruiz's father spent years with?
(a) The western territorial militias.
(b) The British Army.
(c) The French Army.
(d) Santa Anna's militias.

10. What does Lurie refer to as a spirit's yearning that he is compelled to carry out?
(a) A compulsion.
(b) A dream.
(c) A want.
(d) A wish.

11. Why is Lurie being chased by the law?
(a) He started a fire.
(b) He robbed a bank.
(c) He beat a young man to death.
(d) He stole a diamond.

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

13. What is the name of Lurie's camel?
(a) Notty.
(b) Burke.
(c) Wizard.
(d) Barley.

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

15. Who owns cattle a town away from Nora and is very wealthy and influential?
(a) Jolly.
(b) Lurie.
(c) Merrion Crace.
(d) Marshal Berger.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Emmett tell Nora he thought she wrote her rebuttal letter?

5. What is written on a gold-lettered shingle at The Sentinel office?

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