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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. What kind of woman does Goldrims say Theodora is?

2. What does Leaphorn eat with his meat?

3. What floods Leaphorn's blood in this section?

4. What are the Arizona Police describing on Leaphorn's radio?

5. Whose voice can Tso and Leaphorn hear as they walk through the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a skinwalker?

2. What was James Tso's plan?

3. Why does the dragging sound frighten Leaphorn so much?

4. How does Leaphorn find his way to the canyon?

5. How does Leaphorn escape the fire?

6. Why did Leaphorn go to the canyon in the first place?

7. What information does Father Benjamin tell Leaphorn about his family?

8. What does the FBI say is the interesting thing about Tull?

9. How does Leaphorn kill the dog when it attacks him the second time?

10. Describe how Leaphorn is attacked when he arrives at the cave.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

Examine Navajo Tribal life.

1. Who are the Navajos and how do they view life?

2. What influence have Navajos had on popular culture?

3. How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of Navajo life?

Essay Topic 3

How does Leaphorn rescue the hostages? Were there any other ways Leaphorn could have rescued the hostages? What meaning does it give the story that all the hostages escape unharmed?

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