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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a kachina?
(a) Zuni ancestor spirit, mask, or wooden doll.
(b) Navajo ancestor spirit or mask.
(c) A toy doll.
(d) Evil spirit.

2. What happened to Hu-tu-tu when he stumbled on the causeway over the Zuni Wash?
(a) Hu-tu-tu was asked to leave his clan.
(b) Salamobia struck him with their yucca wands.
(c) The people yelled at Hu-tu-tu.
(d) Hu-tu-tu was killed for sacrilege.

3. When Chapter 2 opens, what is Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn doing?
(a) Driving to Zuni.
(b) Talked with the deputy sheriff.
(c) Listening to Ed Pasquaanti.
(d) Watching a fly.

4. What language do words like Shulawitsi and Shalako come from?
(a) Ute.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Zuni.
(d) Hopi.

5. Who helps Leaphorn change his flat tire?
(a) Naranjo.
(b) Father Ingles.
(c) Cecil Bowlegs.
(d) Shorty Bowlegs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ernesto Cata is one of the missing boys. What other name or role does the reader know Cata by?

2. Where did Leaphorn attend college?

3. Whose nickname is "Orange"?

4. In Chapter 1, what is stenciled on the back of the Little Fire God's sweatshirt?

5. In Chapter 3, how does Leaphorn think of the Zuni village?

(see the answer key)

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