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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. Who was Nashibitti?
(a) Ernesto Cata's grandfather.
(b) A great singer.
(c) A mythological spirit of the Zuni.
(d) Leaphorn's grandmother.

2. Who are Bacobi and Atarque?
(a) Zuni police.
(b) Bureau of Indian Affairs employees.
(c) Navajo herders.
(d) Ernesto Cata's uncles.

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

4. In Chapter 6, for whom does Leaphorn feel an amused attraction?
(a) Susanne.
(b) Alice Madman.
(c) Dr. Reynolds.
(d) Young Wife.

5. Who lives in the old hogans behind Hoski Butte?
(a) Navajo.
(b) Hippies.
(c) Anthropologists.
(d) Zuni.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what face turns to scarred white ice?

2. What are Belacani?

3. What is Leaphorn's clan?

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

5. In Chapter 2, what road does Leaphorn take from Shiprock to Zuni?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the commune called Jason's Fleece.

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

3. Leaphorn believes that George Bowlegs can survive easily enough in the wild until the snow comes. How does Leaphorn expect George to survive?

4. How do the four original men working this case react to Agents O'Malley and Baker?

5. In Chapter 7, Leaphorn spends several hours at the site where the bicycle was found. What is he doing for all that time and why?

6. What does Leaphorn learn from Shorty Bowlegs in Chapter 3?

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

8. Why does Cecil Bowlegs call Leaphorn "uncle"? Are they related?

9. Describe the vehicle that Leaphorn travels in.

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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