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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 young white neighbor.
(b) An old Indian woman.
(c) A man asking for water regularly.
(d) A tabby cat.

2. Who tested out the phone line at the Worther Hotel?
(a) Merrion Crace and Emmett Lark.
(b) Merrion Crace and Nora Lark.
(c) Walton Pickney and Merrion Crace.
(d) Harlan Bell and Nora Lark.

3. What does the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of do?
(a) It is a corn mill.
(b) It is a deep fryer.
(c) It is a huge stockpot.
(d) It is a griddle.

4. What does Doc Almenara bring to Nora when he visits in Part III?
(a) Pan dulce.
(b) Water.
(c) Elk steak.
(d) Pot roast.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harlan propose buying from Nora?

2. What starts the shootout between Lurie's group and the other men at the river in Part III?

3. Who is Jolly's camel?

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

5. Who does Lurie write to in desperation when Burke takes ill for advice?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

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

3. In Part III, what does Nora overhear her husband telling her two older sons that hurts her feelings?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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