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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. What advice does Donovan give Lurie soon after they meet?
(a) Not to ever drink except from his own flask.
(b) To make sure he worked hard every day.
(c) Not to ever let anyone touch him.
(d) To make sure he married the right woman.

2. Which older member of her husband's family also lives with Nora?
(a) John's father.
(b) Emmett's uncle.
(c) James' grandfather.
(d) Emmett's mother.

3. What does Toby tell his mother he thinks is lurking around their house?
(a) A robber.
(b) A beast.
(c) A baby no one else can see.
(d) A wolf.

4. What is Nora's last name?
(a) Larson.
(b) Lark.
(c) Ruiz.
(d) Almeara.

5. Who owns cattle a town away from Nora and is very wealthy and influential?
(a) Lurie.
(b) Merrion Crace.
(c) Marshal Berger.
(d) Jolly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Nora's three sons?

2. What regiments had Rey Ruiz's father spent years with?

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

4. What happens to the springhouse in Part I?

5. Who in Lurie's group of travelers most often fights with Jolly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lurie steal on the ship he takes cover on whose owner he later bumps into in Part I?

2. What was Hobb's special skill, even as a child?

3. What is awkward about Nora's visit to Desma in Part II?

4. What one word does Emmett question Nora's use of in her rebuttal letter she wants him to print in The Sentinel?

5. What do Emmett and Nora do when some of their neighbors move away, including the Flores family?

6. What kind of disposition does Lurie say camels would not suit?

7. What does Donovan say when Lurie asks his ghost why he left him behind?

8. In Part I, what does Lurie wish he could remember his father talking about more than anything else?

9. Why does Nora choose to sign her rebuttal letter to The Sentinel from Ellen Francis?

10. How does Lurie acquire the last name of Mattie?

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