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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 Jolly tell Lurie when Lurie asks him if he has ever killed a man?
2. What does Nora get from Dolan's room to help her shave Harlan Bell?
3. Who does Lurie write to in desperation when Burke takes ill for advice?
4. Who tries to speed up the travelers in Lurie's company in Part III?
5. What tribe does the person who visits Nora shortly after Evelyn is born belong to?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what is a particularly low point for Lurie and Burke?
2. How does Nora feel when Rob is born?
3. In Part III, why does Jolly ask Lurie to strike him in the jaw, but not too hard?
4. In Part III, what does Nora overhear her husband telling her two older sons that hurts her feelings?
5. What does the doctor who tends to Burke offer Lurie for Burke in Part IV?
6. In Part III, why does Nora grow uneasy letting the old Indian woman hold Evelyn?
7. Why does Nora begin to worry about the old Indian woman after she does not return for days on end in Part III?
8. In Part III, what contraption does Ab the chef try to offload on other people the travelers in Lurie's party meet?
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. In Part IV, why does Nora feel guilty for having taken so long to go look for Josie?
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
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 3
Write an essay analyzing Obreht's choice to write some of Lurie's sections from a first-person perspective, with Lurie addressing his camel, Burke, directly. How does this decision affect the reader's experience?
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