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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. Who comes to visit Nora shortly after Evelyn is born?
(a) A man asking for water regularly.
(b) A young white neighbor.
(c) A tabby cat.
(d) An old Indian woman.

2. What bothers Nora about her regular visitor to the house shortly after Evelyn is born?
(a) She does not seem to like men.
(b) She wants to bake all the time.
(c) She drinks too much water.
(d) She wants to hold the baby all the time.

3. Why does Nora tell Doc Almenara she is not binding Toby's eyes?
(a) It is too painful.
(b) She does not have the water for it.
(c) It is too hot.
(d) She ran out of bandages.

4. Who eventually leads Lurie back to Jolly?
(a) Duena Donna.
(b) Duena Mariella.
(c) Duena Josella.
(d) Duena Maria.

5. What does Nora think Emmett's delay in returning home from Cumberland might be due to?
(a) His need to visit his brother.
(b) His need to settle his debts.
(c) His need to settle a score with someone.
(d) His impulse for adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Harlan go through the house looking for in Part IV?

2. What does Nora ask Josie to do as she is preparing to do something else for Sheriff Harlan Bell in Part IV?

3. What does the little girl tell Lurie she sees when he lets her drink from his canteen?

4. What does Harlan propose buying from Nora?

5. What creatures are trying to get into the shack where Lurie's men are holed up for the night after the fight at the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nora feel when Sheriff Harlan Bell gets married?

2. What kind of harm comes to The Sentinel offices in Part III?

3. What kinds of animals harass Lurie and his party as they try to return a lost girl to her people in Part III?

4. How does Nora feel when Rob is born?

5. What does Marshal John Berger tell Lurie when he finally catches up with him in Part IV?

6. Why does Emmett get so upset with Nora for giving a quote to a reporter about the election involving Sheriff Harlan Bell?

7. Who does Duena Maria lead Lurie and Burke to, almost impossibly?

8. What does Lurie observe that the happiness of a stranger inspires in others?

9. In Part III, why does Nora grow uneasy letting the old Indian woman hold Evelyn?

10. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

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