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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 Jolly propose to Lurie after Shaw and Mico die?

2. What does Harlan propose buying from Nora?

3. What does Nora think when Rob is born?

4. Who do Harlan and Nora go out into the night looking for in Part IV?

5. What does Merrion Crace bring as a gift to Toby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nora feel when Rob is born?

2. What kinds of animals harass Lurie and his party as they try to return a lost girl to her people in Part III?

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

4. In Part III, how does Mico die?

5. What does Marshal John Berger tell Lurie when he finally catches up with him in Part IV?

6. In Part III, why does Jolly ask Lurie to strike him in the jaw, but not too hard?

7. What does Lurie observe that the happiness of a stranger inspires in others?

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

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

10. Why does Josie seem to take such a long time getting ready to pick berries in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the role that supernatural forces and entities like fortune-telling, ghosts, and seances play in the plot of this novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the bond Lurie and Jolly develop over many years, analyzing the arc of their friendship and citing specific references to the text to support your answers. Why do you think Jolly chooses to help Lurie so much, even after he discovers Lurie is an outlaw?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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