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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book The Plover, a quote from which Walter begins Part I?
(a) Seamus Heaney.
(b) Brian Doyle.
(c) Amy Pallet.
(d) Rinaldo Bravero.

2. What does Rye ask Ursula on their car ride in Chapter 13?
(a) How she affords her fine coats and furs.
(b) How she learned to sing so well.
(c) Why she decided to come to Spokane in the first place.
(d) How she manages to escape from the cougar every night.

3. Who is Gemma's husband?
(a) Henry.
(b) Dominick.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Franklin.

4. What does Gig often call Rye as a term of affection?
(a) Riggley.
(b) Rye-boy.
(c) Ripper.
(d) Runt.

5. What is the name of the man who helps Gig and Rye escape the police?
(a) Lemuel Brand.
(b) Francis Ward.
(c) Early Reston.
(d) Del Dalveaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rye ask Brand if he has in his library?

2. Who is Brand's driver and body man?

3. What is Rye's full name?

4. What is Gig's full name?

5. What is the true nature of Gemma's relationship with Jules?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ursula, Margaret Anne Burns, learn from the First Ursula, Edith?

2. Why did Rye come West looking for Gig?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Rye say that elicits Fred Moore's sympathy at Mrs. Ricci's house?

4. What does the thief on the raft want Jules to think as he goes over the waterfall?

5. Where does the IWW's nickname come from?

6. What does Jules's mother tell him might get him killed one day?

7. Who does Rye ask Fred Moore, his lawyer, to find after Rye gets out of jail, and what has happened to Gig?

8. Who does Ursula take Rye to see, and why does she do this?

9. What kind of relationship does Ursula forge with First Ursula?

10. What is the last thing Waterbury thinks of before he dies, and why?

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