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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 Harlan Bell bring for Toby when he visits Nora's house in Part IV?
(a) A telescope.
(b) An old eye patch.
(c) A pair of new boots.
(d) A bicycle.

2. Who had been sheriff before Harlan Bell in Amargo?
(a) Duke Bowler.
(b) Red Burton.
(c) John Raines.
(d) Mac Calwell.

3. What does Jolly propose to Lurie after Shaw and Mico die?
(a) They could travel to Turkey together.
(b) They could leave the rest of the company, pretending they also died.
(c) They could open a boarding house together.
(d) They could become bank robbers.

4. Where does Lurie tell Marshal John Berger he knows him from?
(a) Fort Green.
(b) The Alamo.
(c) San Andreas.
(d) Fort Sumpter.

5. What does Toby ask Harlan Bell concerning his father Emmett in Part IV?
(a) Why Bell has not tried calling Emmett on the phone.
(b) Why Bell has not ridden out to Cumberland to see if Emmett is there.
(c) Why Bell has not questioned Merrion Crace about Emmett's disappearance.
(d) Why Bell has not put out a warrant for Emmett's arrest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor Lurie pays to see Burke offer Lurie for Burke?

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

3. What term of affection does Nora sometimes use to address Toby?

4. Which of the following injuries does Josie have from the camel?

5. Who owns the camels in Lurie's company?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

5. Why does Josie seem to take such a long time getting ready to pick berries in Part IV?

6. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

7. In Part III, how does Mico die?

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

9. In Part III, why does Jolly ask Lurie to strike him in the jaw, but not too hard?

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

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