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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 Doc Almenara bring to Nora when he visits in Part III?

2. What does Toby ask Harlan Bell concerning his father Emmett in Part IV?

3. What does Nora think Emmett's delay in returning home from Cumberland might be due to?

4. Who does Harlan go through the house looking for in Part IV?

5. What does Josie tell Nora about the beast she saw?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

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

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

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

6. What does Doc Almenara propose to Nora in Part III when he visits her house?

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

8. In Part III, what does Nora overhear her husband telling her two older sons that hurts her feelings?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Nora find out that Sheriff Harlan Bell has betrayed her deepest confidences in the section titled Evening, and what does this revelation do to their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

In the section titled Evening, what finally seems to make Nora realize that the voice she has heard and attributed to Evelyn's spirit for years is not truly that of Evelyn's spirit? What does Nora finally come to believe the voice is? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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