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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Nora meet Emmett?
(a) He is one of her professors.
(b) He is a landscaper doing work for her.
(c) He is a lawyer her family hires.
(d) He is a boarder at her family's boarding house.

9. What does Nora find has happened at The Sentinel office when she visits it in town?
(a) Someone has thrown something through the window and smashed it.
(b) Someone has left excrement on the porch.
(c) Someone has painted obscenities on the facade.
(d) Someone has splintered the wood of the staircase at the front.

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

11. Who is the postman that comes to Desma's while Nora is there?
(a) Jason Maines.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Ferdy Kostic.
(d) John Johnson.

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

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

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

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