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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nora go into town after leaving Desma's house?
(a) To see if there is any water coming out of the pump.
(b) To check on her boys.
(c) To find food.
(d) To go to the bank.

2. What does Donovan tell Lurie when he asks Donovan why he left Lurie at the roadside?
(a) He thought he had a better chance of living on his own.
(b) He could not carry Lurie any longer.
(c) Lurie was no longer his responsibility.
(d) He thought it was the last kindness he could pay him.

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

4. What does the rebuttal letter in the Ash River Clarion say about Desma?
(a) She has been married four times.
(b) Her first husband never really died.
(c) She has been wanted for her first husband's murder.
(d) She is wanted for robbery.

5. What does Toby want his mother to see in the brush in Part I?
(a) Tracks he has found.
(b) An injured dog.
(c) Stars.
(d) Snow.

6. Who is pursuing Lurie and the gang he commits crimes with?
(a) Marshal James Rider.
(b) Marshal John Gadoza.
(c) Marshal John Berger.
(d) Marshal John Smith.

7. How does Jolly pray?
(a) In a mosque only.
(b) On his mat.
(c) In a church only.
(d) With his palms up.

8. What does Desma tell the postman as he scrambles off her land?
(a) Not to call her by her first husband's name ever again.
(b) Not to speak to Nora ever again.
(c) Not to lay a hand on a piece of paper with her name on it ever again.
(d) Not to steal from her garden ever again.

9. Who was Desma's second husband?
(a) John Smith.
(b) Joseph Gris.
(c) Rey Ruiz.
(d) James Madison.

10. What gang does Lurie join that commits crimes?
(a) The Blue River Gang.
(b) The Mattie Gang.
(c) The Marshal Gang.
(d) The Bahul Gang.

11. What does Jolly do to prove to people how strong camels are?
(a) Puts a ton of bricks on the camel's back.
(b) Keeps piling water containers onto the camel.
(c) Asks the townspeople to bring anything they want to load upon the camel.
(d) Has the camel lift weights with its legs.

12. Why does Nora claim not to be worried about the delay in her husband getting home?
(a) She feels in her bones he is alive.
(b) She talked to a friend who saw him in town recently.
(c) She has faith in his survival abilities because she has seen him overcome setbacks and challenges before.
(d) She has had a letter from him telling her he is OK.

13. What is Donovan's want?
(a) To eat as much as possible.
(b) To fill his canteen and sip from it all day, never allowing it to empty.
(c) To own his own business.
(d) To sleep without dreaming.

14. What does Lurie say about camel hair?
(a) It is flimsy.
(b) It is the coarsest in creation.
(c) It is warm.
(d) It is the softest in creation.

15. Who are Nora's three sons?
(a) Toby, Jason, and Emmett.
(b) James, John, and Toby.
(c) Rob, Dolan, and Toby.
(d) John, Danny, and Rob.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the company Lurie is traveling with?

2. Who owns cattle a town away from Nora and is very wealthy and influential?

3. What does Toby tell his mother he thinks is lurking around their house?

4. What is the scarcest and most precious resource in Nora's household?

5. What letter does Nora find at The Sentinel office that gives her a clue to her sons' whereabouts?

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