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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the proper cure for any who have been touched by Shorty's death?
(a) Bringing out a shaman.
(b) Closing the smoke hole in the top.
(c) Arranging for the proper Singer and Sing.
(d) Tearing down the hogan.

2. In gathering up Cecil's clothing in Chapter 9, what does Leaphorn pack in a grocery sack?
(a) A single shirt.
(b) A pair of pants and a shirt.
(c) A shirt, underwear, and three pairs of socks.
(d) Underwear and two pairs of socks.

3. What mark is found on both Leaphorn's carryall and his shirt?
(a) A round seal with a picture of a buffalo.
(b) A round seal saying Navajo.
(c) A square patch with a picture of an arrow.
(d) A square patch with the state seal.

4. In Chapter 5, Leaphorn talks to Young Husband, a neighbor to the commune. Where has Young Husband spent 12 months?
(a) New York.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) California.

5. In Chapter 5, approximately how many sheep does Leaphorn see at the commune?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who is described as a baptized Christian and Catholic communicant?

2. Leaphorn estimates Isaacs' age as what?

3. In Chapter 3, Leaphorn makes the observation that days that begin badly end badly. What happens to make him think this?

4. In Chapter 6, what is the last message that Leaphorn receives from the Window Rock operator?

5. In Chapter 1, the Little Fire God reaches the end of his run and sees his bicycle. Who does he expect to be waiting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had happened the last time that Ted Isaacs had seen Ernesto Cata and George Bowlegs?

2. Describe the commune called Jason's Fleece.

3. Susanne is taking care of Otis, who she explains is sick. What is wrong with Otis in Leaphorn's opinion?

4. What does Leaphorn find when he enters the Bowlegs' hogan?

5. What is distracting Leaphorn at the beginning of Chapter 10?

6. What had George asked of Susanne the last time she saw him?

7. What does Leaphorn learn from retrieving Cecil's belongings from the hogan in Chapter 9?

8. What case had Leaphorn been working on before he was summoned to Zuni in Chapter 2?

9. What does George's note to his brother say?

10. In Chapter 1, why are there some things that the Little Fire God's friend, George Bowlegs, can't know?

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