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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nora talk to only in her mind?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Her own dead mother.

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

3. In Part II, which large Texas city do Lurie and his companions eventually reach?
(a) Austin.
(b) El Paso.
(c) Dallas.
(d) San Antonia.

4. After his father dies, where does Lurie stay for a year?
(a) The harbor.
(b) The coachman's stable.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The law office.

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

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

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

8. What is Donovan's want?
(a) To own his own business.
(b) To fill his canteen and sip from it all day, never allowing it to empty.
(c) To eat as much as possible.
(d) To sleep without dreaming.

9. What does the rebuttal letter in the Ash River Clarion say about Desma?
(a) She is wanted for robbery.
(b) She has been wanted for her first husband's murder.
(c) Her first husband never really died.
(d) She has been married four times.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does Lurie say about camel hair?
(a) It is the coarsest in creation.
(b) It is flimsy.
(c) It is the softest in creation.
(d) It is warm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Evelyn's first-born child?

3. What does Lurie steal on the ship because of Hobbs' want?

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

5. What special gift does the girl who lives with Nora claim to have?

(see the answer keys)

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