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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. What does Nora help Desma to do at her house in Part II?
(a) Cut down a tree.
(b) Weed the garden.
(c) Fix a latch.
(d) Drive in new fenceposts.

2. Who is the postman that comes to Desma's while Nora is there?
(a) James Madison.
(b) John Johnson.
(c) Jason Maines.
(d) Ferdy Kostic.

3. What is Donovan's want?
(a) To own his own business.
(b) To fill his canteen and sip from it all day, never allowing it to empty.
(c) To eat as much as possible.
(d) To sleep without dreaming.

4. What does Lurie feel as the strong want of the giant-sized man he comes across in Part I?
(a) Fish pies.
(b) Iron.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Alcohol.

5. Who does Nora talk to only in her mind?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Her own dead mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the springhouse in Part I?

2. Why does Nora claim not to be worried about the delay in her husband getting home?

3. What does Desma tell Nora she should do with Josie?

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

5. Why is Lurie being chased by the law?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What kind of creature does Lurie see for the first time when he steals away on the ship in Part II?

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

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

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

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

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