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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nora's husband's name?

2. What is Donovan's want?

3. What word does Emmett object to in Nora's letter that she wants him to print in The Sentinel?

4. What does Nora think her two older boys are off to do in the end of Part II?

5. Where does Nora think her two older sons have gone at the end of Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the voice Nora often hears and has silent conversations with?

2. What kind of creature does Lurie see for the first time when he steals away on the ship in Part II?

3. What makes Lurie give Jolly back the nazar he has stolen from him?

4. What two kinds of folk had Donovan once told Lurie the world was full of?

5. What do Emmett and Nora do when some of their neighbors move away, including the Flores family?

6. What was Hobb's special skill, even as a child?

7. Why does Nora choose to sign her rebuttal letter to The Sentinel from Ellen Francis?

8. What is awkward about Nora's visit to Desma in Part II?

9. What information is contained in the Ash River Clarion's rebuttal letter to Nora's letter that greatly upsets Nora?

10. What kind of disposition does Lurie say camels would not suit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the death of Nora's first-born child, Evelyn, affect Nora and Nora's approach to motherhood as she raises her three younger children, all sons? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support it.

Essay Topic 2

In the section titled Afternoon, how does Lurie feel when Marshal John Berger finally catches up with him? What seems to surprise both Lurie and Berger about their meeting face-to-face after so much time has passed since their last meeting? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Nora is much more open to the idea that Josie's ability to communicate with the spirit world could be legitimate and true at the end of the novel than she is at the beginning? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your answers.

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