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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 secret does Nora discover Josie has been keeping in Part III?

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

3. What does the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of do?

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

5. Who is Lurie's one and only love?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of harm comes to The Sentinel offices in Part III?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Part III, how does Shaw die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the section titled Afternoon, how does Lurie feel when Marshal John Berger finally catches up with him? What seems to surprise both Lurie and Berger about their meeting face-to-face after so much time has passed since their last meeting? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the death of Nora's first-born child, Evelyn, affect Nora and Nora's approach to motherhood as she raises her three younger children, all sons? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support it.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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