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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the envelope the Doc leaves with Nora in Part III?
(a) Money.
(b) Deeds for a house.
(c) Prescriptions for Toby's medicine.
(d) Rebuttal letters Emmett failed to print in The Sentinel.

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

3. Which of the following injuries does Josie have from the camel?
(a) A lost eye.
(b) A crushed torso.
(c) A lost finger.
(d) A broken leg.

4. What does Nora think Emmett's delay in returning home from Cumberland might be due to?
(a) His need to settle a score with someone.
(b) His need to visit his brother.
(c) His impulse for adventure.
(d) His need to settle his debts.

5. What kind of gun does Emmett have in the house?
(a) A Smith and Wesson.
(b) A Landry.
(c) A Winchester.
(d) A Colt.

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

7. Why do some of the men break off from the others in Lurie's party in Part III?
(a) To pan for gold.
(b) To try to bring a lost girl back to her people.
(c) To hunt the wolves.
(d) To fight Indians.

8. What nickname did Emmett call Evelyn?
(a) Honey.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Sweetie.
(d) Birdie.

9. What happens to break Lurie and his own true love apart?
(a) Her estranged husband writes to say he is returning.
(b) She is forced to move by her overbearing mother.
(c) She is shot dead by a marshal.
(d) He is put in jail for a long time.

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

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

12. Why does Nora tell Josie she further doubts her story about seeing the beast from her window?
(a) Josie does not have a window.
(b) Josie's window is so dirty no one can see anything out of it.
(c) Josie was not in the house the night she says she saw the beast.
(d) Josie's window does not overlook the barn, and she told Nora she saw the beast by the barn.

13. Who eventually leads Lurie back to Jolly?
(a) Duena Josella.
(b) Duena Maria.
(c) Duena Donna.
(d) Duena Mariella.

14. Who is Lurie's one and only love?
(a) Nora.
(b) Gabriela.
(c) Josie.
(d) Lorna.

15. Who tries to speed up the travelers in Lurie's company in Part III?
(a) George.
(b) Jolly.
(c) Shaw.
(d) Mico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Nora discover Josie has been keeping in Part III?

2. Who does Lurie write to in desperation when Burke takes ill for advice?

3. What does Toby ask Harlan Bell concerning his father Emmett in Part IV?

4. What does the little girl tell Lurie she sees when he lets her drink from his canteen?

5. Who is Jolly's camel?

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