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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. Who had been sheriff before Harlan Bell in Amargo?
2. Who does Harlan go through the house looking for in Part IV?
3. Who comes to visit Nora shortly after Evelyn is born?
4. Why do some of the men break off from the others in Lurie's party in Part III?
5. What does Nora think Emmett's delay in returning home from Cumberland might be due to?
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 IV, what is a particularly low point for Lurie and Burke?
3. In Part III, what does Nora overhear her husband telling her two older sons that hurts her feelings?
4. Why does Emmett get so upset with Nora for giving a quote to a reporter about the election involving Sheriff Harlan Bell?
5. What does Nora tell Sheriff Harlan Bell about the whereabouts of Rob and Dolan when he first asks in Part IV?
6. In Part III, why does Nora grow uneasy letting the old Indian woman hold Evelyn?
7. What kind of harm comes to The Sentinel offices in Part III?
8. Why does Josie seem to take such a long time getting ready to pick berries in Part IV?
9. What does Lurie observe that the happiness of a stranger inspires in others?
10. In Part III, how does Mico die?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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