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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. How far below the Bluff bridge, does Leaphorn allow the kayak drift into a sandbar?

2. How many sacred mountains mark the borders of Dineh Bike'yah?

3. What color glaze do the pots have that Friedman-Bernal is looking for?

4. What does Chee have for lunch when he and Pete have lunch together?

5. Where does Pete say she might go to avoid the winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Nakai give for leaving his tent trailer?

2. What has been a major source of satisfaction for Harrison Houk for most of his life?

3. Why does Leaphorn light a fire?

4. How does Leaphorn travel home from New York?

5. Why does Detective McGee from the Utah State Police wish to speak with Leaphorn?

6. Where does Arnold believe that Friedman-Bernal might have taken his kayak?

7. How does Leaphorn persuade Marcy to tell him the name of the buyer who bought the pot Friedman-Bernal was interested in?

8. Where does Houk consider hiding?

9. What memories does Houk have of the first fifty years of his life?

10. How does Arnold know that Friedman-Bernal took his kayak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 5, Chee remembers an aphorism his uncle frequently told him, "When you're tired of walking up a long hill you think about how easy it's going to be walking down." Discuss the meaning of this aphorism and whether it came true for Chee.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Brigham Houk and his problems.

Essay Topic 3

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

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