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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 wish Doc Almenara brought her in Part III?
(a) Water.
(b) A gun.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Elk steaks.

2. What does Nora think when Rob is born?
(a) He will not live very long.
(b) She will end up making another grave mistake with this baby.
(c) She does not really want another child.
(d) She wishes he was a girl.

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

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

5. What does Merrion Crace bring as a gift to Toby?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A set of binoculars.
(c) A stereoscope.
(d) A dictionary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to break Lurie and his own true love apart?

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

4. How does Doc Almenara dress?

5. What is Shaw afraid that the men he is with will do after he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Doc Almenara propose to Nora in Part III when he visits her house?

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

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

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

5. What does the doctor who tends to Burke offer Lurie for Burke in Part IV?

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

7. How does Nora feel when Rob is born?

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

9. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

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

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