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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. Where does Nora tell the Doc Emmett is delayed?

2. What spirit does Nora ask Josie to contact for her?

3. What does the little girl tell Lurie she sees when he lets her drink from his canteen?

4. How does Mico die?

5. Why does Nora tell Josie she further doubts her story about seeing the beast from her window?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

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

3. Why does Nora begin to worry about the old Indian woman after she does not return for days on end in Part III?

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

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

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

7. In Part III, how does Mico die?

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

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

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

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

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