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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 the Doc ask Nora for when he visits her house in Part III?
2. Who gets shot in Lurie's group during the fight at the river?
3. How does Mico die?
4. What does Jolly tell Lurie when Lurie asks him if he has ever killed a man?
5. What does Lurie realize about the spirits of the dead for the first time in Part III?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part III, what does Nora overhear her husband telling her two older sons that hurts her feelings?
2. What does the doctor who tends to Burke offer Lurie for Burke in Part IV?
3. In Part III, why does Nora grow uneasy letting the old Indian woman hold Evelyn?
4. In Part III, how does Mico die?
5. Why does Josie seem to take such a long time getting ready to pick berries in Part IV?
6. What kind of harm comes to The Sentinel offices in Part III?
7. How does Lurie feel after telling the writer much of his life story in Part IV?
8. What kinds of animals harass Lurie and his party as they try to return a lost girl to her people in Part III?
9. What does Marshal John Berger tell Lurie when he finally catches up with him in Part IV?
10. How does Nora feel when Rob is born?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
What is the meaning of the word "Inland" in this novel, and why do you think Obreht uses this word as her title? Write an essay explaining your answer, keeping in mind the tone and themes of the book and citing specific references to the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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