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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) Fix a latch.
(b) Weed the garden.
(c) Drive in new fenceposts.
(d) Cut down a tree.

2. Who does Lurie originally steal the nazar from?
(a) Hadji Ali.
(b) Micro Ronta.
(c) Mohammed Ali.
(d) Darvan Jones.

3. Who was Desma's second husband?
(a) John Smith.
(b) Rey Ruiz.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Joseph Gris.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lurie say about camel hair?

2. What is the person who Lurie steals the nazar from nicknamed?

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

4. Who is Evelyn's first-born child?

5. Who does Emmett take The Sentinel over from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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