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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 75 - 148).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lurie feel as the strong want of the giant-sized man he comes across in Part I?
(a) Iron.
(b) Fish pies.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Blankets.

2. Where does Nora grow up?
(a) Morton Hole.
(b) Saratoga.
(c) Amargo.
(d) Ash River.

3. Who does Nora talk to only in her mind?
(a) Her own dead mother.
(b) Emmett.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Evelyn.

4. What author does Obreht open the novel with a quote from?
(a) John La Carre.
(b) Patrick DeWitt.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) James Galvin.

5. Who does Emmett take The Sentinel over from?
(a) Richard Reese.
(b) Sandy Freed.
(c) Gaston Clare.
(d) James Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gang does Lurie join that commits crimes?

2. What is the name of the rival newspaper a few towns over from where Nora lives?

3. What magazine does the postman have for both Nora and Desma?

4. What does Nora help Desma to do at her house in Part II?

5. Whose spirit does Lurie meet in Part II who had once meant a great deal to him?

(see the answer key)

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