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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. Where is Maxie Davis working when Thatcher and Leaphorn go to Chaco?

2. Where do Davis and Elliott tell Leaphorn that Dr. Friedman-Bernal has discovered a certain potter and her work?

3. Where does Chee spend the afternoon hunting for a fellow who'd broken his brother-in-law's leg?

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

5. How far do anthropologists believe that the Old Ones carried the roof beams for the huge stone apartments that they built?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Tso tell Pete that the car had before Chee wrecked it?

2. Why does Leaphorn believe that the backhoe case and Dr. Friedman-Bernal's case overlap?

3. What is the job of the contract archaeology team that Maxie Davis and Dr. Friedman-Bernal worked with?

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

5. What poster hangs on the wall where Thatcher and Leaphorn are waiting at the Chaco visitors' center?

6. Why aren't Dr. Friedman-Bernal's hands a lady's hands?

7. What does Chee do when he learns who the drunk was that caused a disturbance at the 7-Eleven?

8. How did Leaphorn remember calls traveling when they used a Navajo Communications Company telephone line?

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

10. How does Chee damage the car Janet Pete wants to buy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It takes awhile, but Chee finally realizes that he is done with his relationship with Mary Landon. Discuss the signs that Chee is finished with his relationship with Mary Landon.

Essay Topic 2

Leaphorn seems to be affected by his wife's death. Discuss the death of Leaphorn's wife and how it affects him.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss suspense and how the author uses suspense in the novel.

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