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

2. What does Donovan tell Lurie when he asks Donovan why he left Lurie at the roadside?
(a) He could not carry Lurie any longer.
(b) He thought he had a better chance of living on his own.
(c) Lurie was no longer his responsibility.
(d) He thought it was the last kindness he could pay him.

3. What regiments had Rey Ruiz's father spent years with?
(a) The French Army.
(b) Santa Anna's militias.
(c) The western territorial militias.
(d) The British Army.

4. After his father dies, where does Lurie stay for a year?
(a) The harbor.
(b) The coachman's stable.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The law office.

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. What is written on a gold-lettered shingle at The Sentinel office?

2. What does Donovan leave Lurie with at the side of the road when they part ways?

3. Who in Lurie's group of travelers most often fights with Jolly?

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

5. Why has Nora recently shaved Toby's head in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What do Emmett and Nora do when some of their neighbors move away, including the Flores family?

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

10. What kind of disposition does Lurie say camels would not suit?

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