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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 try to use to appease her regular visitor to the house shortly after Evelyn is born?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Bread.
(c) Sand.
(d) Coffee.

2. What term of affection does Nora sometimes use to address Toby?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Honey.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Chicken.

3. Who does Harlan go through the house looking for in Part IV?
(a) Emmett.
(b) Merrion.
(c) Toby.
(d) Josie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to speed up the travelers in Lurie's company in Part III?

2. What does Harlan propose buying from Nora?

3. What does Jolly propose to Lurie after Shaw and Mico die?

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

5. What does Nora see on the camel in the dark?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Emmett get so upset with Nora for giving a quote to a reporter about the election involving Sheriff Harlan Bell?

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

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

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

10. How does Nora feel when Rob is born?

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