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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. Why does Nora tell Josie she further doubts her story about seeing the beast from her window?
(a) Josie does not have a window.
(b) Josie's window does not overlook the barn, and she told Nora she saw the beast by the barn.
(c) Josie's window is so dirty no one can see anything out of it.
(d) Josie was not in the house the night she says she saw the beast.

2. What is Shaw afraid that the men he is with will do after he dies?
(a) Dig him a shallow grave.
(b) Leave his body to the wolves.
(c) Rob his possessions.
(d) Never tell his family he died.

3. What does Sheriff Harlan Bell say to Nora when she tells him about the brick that was thrown through the window of The Sentinel?
(a) It is the first he is hearing of it.
(b) He has caught the culprit.
(c) He has no idea who did it and will not investigate.
(d) He has referred the matter to the marshal.

4. What does the Doc ask Nora for when he visits her house in Part III?
(a) To consider letting him do an experimental treatment on Toby.
(b) To consider selling him the paper.
(c) To consider euthanizing her mother-in-law.
(d) To consider moving out to Ash River with him.

5. What spirit does Nora ask Josie to contact for her?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Merrion.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Evelyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josie tell Nora about the beast she saw?

2. Who is Jolly's camel?

3. What nickname did Emmett call Evelyn?

4. Who does Nora's son Dolan like in a romantic way?

5. What does Josie offer to do for Sheriff Harlan Bell in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lurie feel after telling the writer much of his life story in Part IV?

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

3. What does Lurie come to think of as Jolly's want, even as Jolly is still alive, in Part III?

4. What is the problem that drives Gabriela and Lurie apart in Part IV?

5. Why does Nora begin to worry about the old Indian woman after she does not return for days on end in Part III?

6. How does Nora feel when Rob is born?

7. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

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

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

10. In Part IV, what is a particularly low point for Lurie and Burke?

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