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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 author does Obreht open the novel with a quote from?
(a) Patrick DeWitt.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) John La Carre.
(d) James Galvin.

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

3. What does Jolly call Lurie?
(a) Misafir.
(b) Misfit.
(c) John.
(d) James.

4. What is the name of the paper Nora's family runs?
(a) The Record.
(b) The Tribune.
(c) The Caller.
(d) The Sentinel.

5. What does Desma do to the postman as he rides away?
(a) Shoots him.
(b) Trips him.
(c) Curses at him.
(d) Hits him with a stone and knocks him off his horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nora meet Emmett?

2. Where does Nora grow up?

3. What does Donovan do to Lurie when he finds out they are wanted men?

4. What does Lurie say about camel hair?

5. What does Jolly do to prove to people how strong camels are?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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