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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nora tell Josie she further doubts her story about seeing the beast from her window?
(a) Josie was not in the house the night she says she saw the beast.
(b) Josie does not have a window.
(c) Josie's window is so dirty no one can see anything out of it.
(d) Josie's window does not overlook the barn, and she told Nora she saw the beast by the barn.

2. What secret does Nora discover Josie has been keeping in Part III?
(a) She is really sick and dying.
(b) She is romantically involved with Rob.
(c) She speaks several languages.
(d) She is romantically involved with Dolan.

3. Who does Lurie write to in desperation when Burke takes ill for advice?
(a) Shaw.
(b) George.
(c) Jolly.
(d) Doc Almenara.

4. Who is Lurie's one and only love?
(a) Nora.
(b) Gabriela.
(c) Josie.
(d) Lorna.

5. What does Josie tell Nora about the beast she saw?
(a) It looked like a horse, but it also looked like a lion.
(b) It was huge and it seemed to have wings on its back.
(c) It was small but had a loud shriek.
(d) It was hairless and bony.

6. What does Harlan Bell bring for Toby when he visits Nora's house in Part IV?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A pair of new boots.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) An old eye patch.

7. What does Emmett once jokingly compare coming back to his house after being away to?
(a) Entering a snake's nest.
(b) Entering a competitive eating contest.
(c) Entering a church.
(d) Entering a barn.

8. What does the Doc ask Nora for when he visits her house in Part III?
(a) To consider selling him the paper.
(b) To consider letting him do an experimental treatment on Toby.
(c) To consider moving out to Ash River with him.
(d) To consider euthanizing her mother-in-law.

9. Why does Nora tell Doc Almenara she is not binding Toby's eyes?
(a) It is too hot.
(b) It is too painful.
(c) She ran out of bandages.
(d) She does not have the water for it.

10. Which of the following injuries does Josie have from the camel?
(a) A lost finger.
(b) A crushed torso.
(c) A lost eye.
(d) A broken leg.

11. What does Nora do to Make Josie easier to carry up the slope?
(a) She takes her dress off.
(b) She sets her on her feet so she can walk a little.
(c) She makes her drop all her bags she is carrying.
(d) She folds her up over her shoulders.

12. What does Doc Almenara bring to Nora when he visits in Part III?
(a) Pot roast.
(b) Elk steak.
(c) Pan dulce.
(d) Water.

13. Which winter was a terribly brutal one in Amargo?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1890.

14. What does Nora ask Josie to do as she is preparing to do something else for Sheriff Harlan Bell in Part IV?
(a) Can some fruit.
(b) Pick hackberries.
(c) Kill the fox that has been harassing them.
(d) Weed the garden.

15. What kind of gun does Emmett have in the house?
(a) A Landry.
(b) A Smith and Wesson.
(c) A Winchester.
(d) A Colt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harlan propose buying from Nora?

2. What does Josie tell Nora about Gramma in Part III that Nora does not believe?

3. What does Jolly propose to Lurie after Shaw and Mico die?

4. What happens to break Lurie and his own true love apart?

5. Who had been sheriff before Harlan Bell in Amargo?

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