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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What creatures are trying to get into the shack where Lurie's men are holed up for the night after the fight at the river?
(a) Camels.
(b) Lions.
(c) Bears.
(d) Wolves.

3. What does Lurie realize about the spirits of the dead for the first time in Part III?
(a) They can howl like wolves.
(b) They are always cold.
(c) The can touch things themselves.
(d) They can see the living, but not each other.

4. What does Nora get from Dolan's room to help her shave Harlan Bell?
(a) A towel.
(b) Shaving foam.
(c) Toothpaste.
(d) Tallow soap.

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

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

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. What bothers Nora about her regular visitor to the house shortly after Evelyn is born?
(a) She wants to hold the baby all the time.
(b) She does not seem to like men.
(c) She drinks too much water.
(d) She wants to bake all the time.

9. What does Josie tell Nora about Gramma in Part III that Nora does not believe?
(a) She spoke.
(b) She moved.
(c) She prayed.
(d) She expressed a wish to die soon.

10. Where does Nora tell the Doc Emmett is delayed?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Ash River.
(c) Cumberland.
(d) Saratoga.

11. 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.

12. Why had Josie, Rob, and Dolan all gone out to the springhouse the night before it was raided?
(a) To look at the stars.
(b) To kill the chickens.
(c) To gamble.
(d) To try to call up Emmett's spirit.

13. 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 moving out to Ash River with him.
(c) To consider euthanizing her mother-in-law.
(d) To consider letting him do an experimental treatment on Toby.

14. What is Nora's mother-in-law's first name?
(a) Millicent.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Hannah.

15. What is a sign that a camel needs water badly?
(a) The camel's eyelashes start falling out.
(b) The humps start to sag.
(c) The camel starts eating much more.
(d) The camel's tongue swells.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora think Emmett's delay in returning home from Cumberland might be due to?

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

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

4. What does Nora try to use to appease her regular visitor to the house shortly after Evelyn is born?

5. Who is Lurie's one and only love?

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