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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 does Nora go into town after leaving Desma's house?
(a) To find food.
(b) To check on her boys.
(c) To see if there is any water coming out of the pump.
(d) To go to the bank.

2. What does the rebuttal letter in the Ash River Clarion say about Desma?
(a) She is wanted for robbery.
(b) She has been married four times.
(c) Her first husband never really died.
(d) She has been wanted for her first husband's murder.

3. What does Lurie remember telling the writer from Nevada about mounting a camel?
(a) No man can mount a camel without degradation.
(b) You have to humble yourself to mount a camel.
(c) You have to offer a camel water before mounting it.
(d) You have to eat heartily first to mount a camel.

4. What advice does Donovan give Lurie soon after they meet?
(a) To make sure he worked hard every day.
(b) Not to ever let anyone touch him.
(c) To make sure he married the right woman.
(d) Not to ever drink except from his own flask.

5. What does Lurie's father call himself for a while after growing frustrated with people mispronouncing his name?
(a) Hodgeman Drury.
(b) Ronald Weasley.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Bob Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nora talk to only in her mind?

2. What does Lurie refer to as a spirit's yearning that he is compelled to carry out?

3. How does Jolly pray?

4. Who runs the company Lurie is traveling with?

5. Why does Emmett tell Nora he thought she wrote her rebuttal letter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part I, what does Lurie wish he could remember his father talking about more than anything else?

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

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

5. How does the "Wanted" poster in Part I describe Lurie?

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

7. Who is the voice Nora often hears and has silent conversations with?

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

9. What power does Josie claim to have that Nora is skeptical about?

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

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