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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 tested out the phone line at the Worther Hotel?

2. What is a sign that a camel needs water badly?

3. Why does Nora tell Doc Almenara she is not binding Toby's eyes?

4. What does Jolly tell Lurie when Lurie asks him if he has ever killed a man?

5. What does Nora get from Dolan's room to help her shave Harlan Bell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part IV, why does Nora feel guilty for having taken so long to go look for Josie?

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

6. What does Nora tell Sheriff Harlan Bell about the whereabouts of Rob and Dolan when he first asks in Part IV?

7. In Part III, what contraption does Ab the chef try to offload on other people the travelers in Lurie's party meet?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay analyzing the symbolism of the stereoscope that Merrion Crace gives to Toby in the section titled Evening. What is the significance of this gift to a young boy whose family has languished in the desert for many years?

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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