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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 Lurie being chased by the law?
(a) He started a fire.
(b) He stole a diamond.
(c) He beat a young man to death.
(d) He robbed a bank.

2. What is George's camel's name?
(a) Maida.
(b) Saleh.
(c) Burke.
(d) Mifty.

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

4. Where does Nora think her two older sons have gone at the end of Part II?
(a) Saratoga.
(b) Ash River.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Prescott.

5. Who runs the company Lurie is traveling with?
(a) Ned Beale.
(b) Ferny Bell.
(c) Moss Keane.
(d) Sergeant Stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns cattle a town away from Nora and is very wealthy and influential?

2. Why is Desma so mad at the postman?

3. What is the name of the rival newspaper a few towns over from where Nora lives?

4. What is Lurie compelled to do by Hobb's spirit?

5. Who does Emmett leave the homestead to go looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nora choose to sign her rebuttal letter to The Sentinel from Ellen Francis?

2. How does Toby injure his eye?

3. How does Lurie acquire the last name of Mattie?

4. What one word does Emmett question Nora's use of in her rebuttal letter she wants him to print in The Sentinel?

5. What is awkward about Nora's visit to Desma in Part II?

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

7. What does Toby want to show his mother so badly in Part I that Nora is skeptical about?

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

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

10. What does Donovan do to Lurie immediately after the wanted poster appears?

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