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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harlan propose buying from Nora?
(a) An axe.
(b) A kettle.
(c) A cart.
(d) A horse.

2. Who does Lurie write to in desperation when Burke takes ill for advice?
(a) George.
(b) Jolly.
(c) Doc Almenara.
(d) Shaw.

3. What bleak outpost does Lurie reminisce to Burke about them staying at one Christmas Eve?
(a) Jackson, Mississippi.
(b) Mobile, Alabama.
(c) Graveneck, Wyoming.
(d) San Antonio, Texas.

4. Who do Harlan and Nora go out into the night looking for in Part IV?
(a) Josie.
(b) Emmett.
(c) Dolan.
(d) Rob.

5. Who comes to visit Nora shortly after Evelyn is born?
(a) An old Indian woman.
(b) A young white neighbor.
(c) A man asking for water regularly.
(d) A tabby cat.

6. What does Jolly tell Lurie when Lurie asks him if he has ever killed a man?
(a) No, because he is a Muslim.
(b) He killed one man once, in self-defense.
(c) He does not want to say.
(d) Of course, because he fought for two years in Algiers.

7. What is the name of the contraption that Ab wants to get rid of?
(a) The Little Giant.
(b) The Wrecking Ball.
(c) The Skein.
(d) The Flint.

8. Who gets shot in Lurie's group during the fight at the river?
(a) Shaw and Mico.
(b) Jolly and Shaw.
(c) Mico and Jolly.
(d) Lurie and Jolly.

9. Which winter was a terribly brutal one in Amargo?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1890.

10. What does Merrion Crace cook at Nora's house when he comes to visit?
(a) Steak.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Pastries.

11. What does Nora get from Dolan's room to help her shave Harlan Bell?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) A towel.
(c) Tallow soap.
(d) Shaving foam.

12. What does Josie offer to do for Sheriff Harlan Bell in Part IV?
(a) Shave his beard for him.
(b) Make him a poultice.
(c) Cook him dinner.
(d) Shine his shoes.

13. What does Lurie tell Marshal John Berger when Berger catches up with him in Part IV?
(a) He tells him he will run and Berger can not catch him.
(b) He challenges him to a duel.
(c) He insists he is not the man Berger is looking for.
(d) He tells him to leave Gabriela alone.

14. What does Merrion Crace bring as a gift to Toby?
(a) A stereoscope.
(b) A dictionary.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A set of binoculars.

15. What does Emmett once jokingly compare coming back to his house after being away to?
(a) Entering a church.
(b) Entering a competitive eating contest.
(c) Entering a barn.
(d) Entering a snake's nest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe does the person who visits Nora shortly after Evelyn is born belong to?

2. Who is Jolly's camel?

3. Why do some of the men break off from the others in Lurie's party in Part III?

4. What does Nora think when Rob is born?

5. What does Nora ask Josie to do as she is preparing to do something else for Sheriff Harlan Bell in Part IV?

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