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

2. What does Josie tell Nora about Gramma in Part III that Nora does not believe?

3. What kind of gun does Emmett have in the house?

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

5. What does the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part III, how does Mico die?

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

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

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

6. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

7. In Part IV, what is a particularly low point for Lurie and Burke?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lurie is deeply affected by several people's "wants" when they become spirits, especially those closest to him, like Hobb and Donovan. Write an essay exploring the symbolism of a spirit's "want." What does Lurie's "want" turn out to be at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the competing offers from the Doc and Merrion Crace that Nora considers in the section titled Evening.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Nora's misgivings about Josie Kincaid, and explain why she treats Josie the way she does throughout the novel. How and when does Nora's attitude and treatment of Josie begin to change significantly?

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