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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lurie tell Marshal John Berger when Berger catches up with him in Part IV?
(a) He tells him he will run and Berger can not catch him.
(b) He challenges him to a duel.
(c) He tells him to leave Gabriela alone.
(d) He insists he is not the man Berger is looking for.

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

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

4. Who comes to visit Nora shortly after Evelyn is born?
(a) An old Indian woman.
(b) A tabby cat.
(c) A man asking for water regularly.
(d) A young white neighbor.

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

6. What is the name of the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of?
(a) The Wrecking Ball.
(b) The Skein.
(c) The Flint.
(d) The Little Giant.

7. Who do Harlan and Nora go out into the night looking for in Part IV?
(a) Rob.
(b) Josie.
(c) Dolan.
(d) Emmett.

8. How does Mico die?
(a) Shaw kicks him in the chest, making his lungs fill up with blood.
(b) He is stabbed by one of his own men.
(c) They give him too much morphine and he overdoses.
(d) He catches an Indian's arrow.

9. Who is Harlan Bell's wife?
(a) Marla Burke-Bell.
(b) Emma Konig-Bell.
(c) Hannah Scarsdale-Bell.
(d) Lulu May-Bell.

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

11. What tribe does the person who visits Nora shortly after Evelyn is born belong to?
(a) Mercantile.
(b) Iroquois.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Apache.

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

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

14. What spirit does Nora ask Josie to contact for her?
(a) Merrion.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Charlie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merrion Crace cook at Nora's house when he comes to visit?

2. What kind of gun does Emmett have in the house?

3. What bleak outpost does Lurie reminisce to Burke about them staying at one Christmas Eve?

4. What does Merrion Crace bring as a gift to Toby?

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

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