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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Jim Chee does Bernadette Manuelito remember?
(a) His way with horses.
(b) His strict adherence to traditions.
(c) His kind ways.
(d) A tendency to understate a situation.

2. Why is Billy Tuve is silent and non-responsive?
(a) Because he is intimidated by this strong, white woman.
(b) Because he believes white people always want something.
(c) Because he does not speak English.
(d) Because he was beaten in jail.

3. Where did a plane crash in 1956?
(a) Just outside Las Vegas.
(b) Over the Black Mountains.
(c) In the Kalahari Desert.
(d) Over the Grand Canyon.

4. What does Tuve claim?
(a) That his father, Joe's brother, gave him a diamond.
(b) That he was railroaded out of the police department.
(c) That the Great Spirit provides the diamond for a ceremony.
(d) He got the diamond from an old shaman down in the canyon.

5. Who does Joanna bail out of jail?
(a) Joe Lakewater.
(b) William Warhorse.
(c) Billy Tuve.
(d) Billy Too Brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells a story to support Joe's theory?

2. What animal in the story starts the whole cycle of change?

3. What comparison is made in this first chapter?

4. Why is Joe Leaphorn restless?

5. What does Joanna hope will prove her kinship to John Clarke?

(see the answer key)

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