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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 Josie tell Nora about Gramma in Part III that Nora does not believe?
(a) She expressed a wish to die soon.
(b) She moved.
(c) She prayed.
(d) She spoke.

2. What kind of gun does Emmett have in the house?
(a) A Winchester.
(b) A Landry.
(c) A Smith and Wesson.
(d) A Colt.

3. Why had Josie, Rob, and Dolan all gone out to the springhouse the night before it was raided?
(a) To gamble.
(b) To look at the stars.
(c) To try to call up Emmett's spirit.
(d) To kill the chickens.

4. 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 bicycle.
(d) A pair of new boots.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nora think when Rob is born?

3. What does Nora wish Doc Almenara brought her in Part III?

4. What does Sheriff Harlan Bell say to Nora when she tells him about the brick that was thrown through the window of The Sentinel?

5. Which winter was a terribly brutal one in Amargo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora tell Sheriff Harlan Bell about the whereabouts of Rob and Dolan when he first asks in Part IV?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Nora feel when Rob is born?

7. In Part III, how does Mico die?

8. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

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

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

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