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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. How many adults live in the isolated Chaco Park Service society?

3. In Chapter 5, where does Chee have to deliver a witness to an FBI office?

4. What did Chee study at New Mexico?

5. What does Leaphorn have for breakfast the morning after talking with Nakai?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rev. Tafoya become a Christian?

2. How does Mrs. Luna describe Elliott?

3. Who is Lehman?

4. What does Thatcher say about Harrison Houk?

5. What does Dr. Friedman-Bernal see near a pool of water?

6. Why is one section of the canyon called the baseball gallery?

7. What does Chee want to do when he discovers all the bones near the dead men?

8. How is Dr. Friedman-Bernal described as she makes her moonlit hike in the desert?

9. Where had Leaphorn seen the man who is playing the guitar at the revival meeting before?

10. Who is Bo Arnold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the author uses back stories to provide information about characters and to describe events that happened before the occurrences in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reasons why Leaphorn decides to investigate Dr. Friedman-Bernal's disappearance.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 7, Janet Pete learns about the damage to the car she wishes to buy, a moment Chee has been dreading. The Discuss Pete's reaction to the damage and who she blames for the damage.

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