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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 is the scarcest and most precious resource in Nora's household?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Gold.
(d) Money.
2. What does Jolly call Lurie?
(a) John.
(b) Misafir.
(c) James.
(d) Misfit.
3. What does Lurie steal on the ship because of Hobbs' want?
(a) A ring.
(b) A nazar.
(c) A compass.
(d) A fountain pen.
4. What is the name of the rival newspaper a few towns over from where Nora lives?
(a) The Allentown Caller.
(b) The Saratoga Review.
(c) The Times-Tribune.
(d) The Ash River Clarion.
5. Why does Nora go into town after leaving Desma's house?
(a) To find food.
(b) To see if there is any water coming out of the pump.
(c) To go to the bank.
(d) To check on her boys.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Nora's husband's name?
2. What was Lurie's father's full name?
3. What happens to the springhouse in Part I?
4. What is one of the things Desma helps Nora do when Nora first arrives in Amargo?
5. Where does Nora think her two older sons have gone at the end of Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Emmett and Nora do when some of their neighbors move away, including the Flores family?
2. Why does Nora choose to sign her rebuttal letter to The Sentinel from Ellen Francis?
3. What kind of creature does Lurie see for the first time when he steals away on the ship in Part II?
4. What was Hobb's special skill, even as a child?
5. What is one of Nora's most pressing concerns on her homestead?
6. How does the "Wanted" poster in Part I describe Lurie?
7. What two kinds of folk had Donovan once told Lurie the world was full of?
8. How does Lurie acquire the last name of Mattie?
9. What information is contained in the Ash River Clarion's rebuttal letter to Nora's letter that greatly upsets Nora?
10. In Part I, what does Lurie wish he could remember his father talking about more than anything else?
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