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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: A Chance Encounter - Names.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dearbhla heard as she nears Weston?
(a) Shouting.
(b) Church bells.
(c) Fire bells.
(d) Screaming and yelling.

2. What is the name of the Alexandria surgeon who tends to the Sharpshooter when he is brought to Alexandria?
(a) Dr. Murphy.
(b) Dr. O'Brien.
(c) Dr. Malloy.
(d) Dr. O'Shea.

3. What would ConaLee bring Dearbhla every week?
(a) Milk.
(b) Flour.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Salt.

4. What bird does ConaLee see after her father plays the harmonica and then leaves her to drive the wagon?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Owl.
(d) Blue jay.

5. What type of snakeskins did Papa tack up on the chicken coop?
(a) Copperheads.
(b) Kingsnake.
(c) Rattlesnake.
(d) Watersnake.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Sharpshooter, Afflicted," how many rowboats rot in a bend of a stream?

2. How long before Dearbhla left to find the Sharpshooter did she stir the smooth round stones from her mother in her mortar?

3. How old are the twins when ConaLee takes them to the neighbors'?

4. In her first art class at the asylum, what does ConaLee's mother paint?

5. When the Sharpshooter fled with Eliza before the war, where did he hope to go with her?

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