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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who refers to George Bowlegs as "about half genius and half crazy"?
(a) Father Ingles.
(b) Susanne.
(c) Cecil Bowlegs.
(d) Ted Isaacs.

2. In Chapter 18, what hangs over the Zuni pueblo?
(a) Blue smoke from cooking.
(b) Dust.
(c) Thin layer of ice crystals.
(d) Fear.

3. What is Halona?
(a) The Middle Place of the World.
(b) The Higher Place of the World.
(c) A river.
(d) A canyon.

4. How many law enforcement agencies are interested in the crimes at Zuni?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. What are Shulawitsi and Salamobia?
(a) Kachinas.
(b) Zuni legends.
(c) Places in Zuni myths.
(d) Important Zuni leaders.

6. How does Ted Isaacs refer to his family?
(a) Absent; he grew up in foster homes.
(b) Middle class upbringing in Ohio.
(c) Emotionally distant, well off family in Florida.
(d) Poor east Tennessee white trash.

7. In Chapter 11, where does Leaphorn find Susanne?
(a) At the dig site.
(b) In the hogan.
(c) At the windmill.
(d) Taking a walk.

8. What does Leaphorn give Ted Isaacs in the last chapter?
(a) The prayer plume.
(b) A note from Susanne.
(c) A turquoise bear.
(d) The flint from the fetish.

9. As Chapter 15 ends, Leaphorn is only able to take how many steps?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

10. What type of deer had been killed by George's gun?
(a) Older doe.
(b) Older, six-point buck.
(c) Young doe.
(d) Young, four-point buck.

11. In Chapter 16, Leaphorn sees the same kachina mask that he saw at Jason's Fleece. Where else has he seen this image in the book?
(a) At Arizona State.
(b) Mural in the Zuni mission.
(c) In his dreams.
(d) At the Bowlegs hogan.

12. What order is Father Ingles with?
(a) The Order of St. Michael.
(b) The Order of St. Patrick.
(c) The Order of St. Francis.
(d) The Order of St. Anthony.

13. Where does Leaphorn go after leaving Ted Isaacs?
(a) Goes to see if he can find Susanne and give her a ride.
(b) Goes to see Cecil Bowlegs.
(c) Goes home.
(d) Returns to Zuni.

14. In Chapter 16, what does Leaphorn find inside the fetish offering?
(a) Turquoise bead, tip of a lance point, and abalone shell.
(b) Arrow point, turquoise, and clay.
(c) Coral, medallion, and blood.
(d) Wood carving, deer hair, and silver.

15. What did Leaphorn experience in college with Tom Bob and Blackie Bisti?
(a) Visit to a shaman.
(b) Road trip.
(c) Powwow.
(d) Native American Church meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who suggests that the killings are based upon a feud between Navajo and Zuni?

2. In Chapter 15, what do Leaphorn and Susanne share for dinner?

3. In Chapter 12, where is grid Seventeen W that Isaacs is working from?

4. According to legend, who teaches Clumsy Boy the prayers for hunting deer?

5. What are Acoma and Isleta?

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