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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Desma so mad at the postman?
(a) He shreds her mail.
(b) He steals her checks from the mail.
(c) He calls her by her first husband's name.
(d) He steals from her garden.

2. Who was Desma's first husband?
(a) Joseph Gris.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Ray Ruiz.
(d) James Reese.

3. What happens to the springhouse in Part I?
(a) It is buried in snow.
(b) It is ransacked.
(c) It is destroyed by tornado.
(d) It is destroyed by fire.

4. What is written on a gold-lettered shingle at The Sentinel office?
(a) The Newspaper Boys.
(b) The Lark Family Editors.
(c) Emmett Lark.
(d) Lark and Sons.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toby tell his mother he thinks is lurking around their house?

2. Who runs the company Lurie is traveling with?

3. Why is Lurie being chased by the law?

4. Who is the doctor who takes care of Nora's family?

5. Who are Nora's three sons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two kinds of folk had Donovan once told Lurie the world was full of?

2. What is one of Nora's most pressing concerns on her homestead?

3. What serious crime does Lurie commit in Part One that gets Marshal John Berger searching for him?

4. What makes Lurie give Jolly back the nazar he has stolen from him?

5. What errand is Emmett very late returning from in Part II?

6. What does Lurie steal on the ship he takes cover on whose owner he later bumps into in Part I?

7. What information is contained in the Ash River Clarion's rebuttal letter to Nora's letter that greatly upsets Nora?

8. What was Hobb's special skill, even as a child?

9. What does Donovan say when Lurie asks his ghost why he left him behind?

10. What is Hobb's "want" that Lurie is compelled to fulfill?

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