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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 does Joe think is Joanna Craig's motivation?
(a) Money.
(b) Revenge.
(c) He has no idea.
(d) Fame.

2. What does Cowboy Dashee want Joe to do?
(a) Take his cousin Billy out to find the shaman who has the diamonds.
(b) Speak at a Tribal Governing Council.
(c) Help prove Billy Tuve's innocence.
(d) Fly to Denver to interview Joanna Craig.

3. Why is the FBI concerned with the diamond?
(a) It was stolen from J. Edgar Hoover many years ago.
(b) They want in on the money from the sale of the diamond.
(c) There may be something political behind it related to the settlement of an estate.
(d) They think it is related to a kidnapping of a child.

4. What are flyers offering?
(a) Ten thousand dollars for the arm and briefcase.
(b) A thousand dollars for Billy's life.
(c) Ten thousand dollars for anyone who can find the shaman with the diamonds.
(d) An initiation into the Bear clan even if you are not Hopi.

5. With whom does Joanna partner to go after Plymale?
(a) Sheldon.
(b) Simmons.
(c) The estate attorney.
(d) Joanna's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chandler have to do with Seattle?

2. What upsets Joe about Shorty's death?

3. Who shoots Sherman?

4. Of what does Chee dream?

5. What is the area in which Bernadette Manuelito experiencing right now?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the two characters introduced in Chapter 3 contrast with each other?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what is there that would clue the reader in on the possibility that this book will be based upon a flashback to an earlier date?

3. What event is the starting point for what becomes known as the Skeleton Man case?

4. The focus on the possibility of rain continues in this chapter; name several hints that the weather may play a role in the story.

5. What in this chapter may foreshadow a future event?

6. How does Hillerman use the story of the cat in Chapter 6 for more than one purpose?

7. What do you think is the main purpose of this short chapter?

8. Why do you think the discussion of Kiva and Native American rites are included in Chapter 8?

9. What besides Billy's brain injury could be a reason for his inability to give a date of his Kiva ritual?

10. What allusion to the allegory of Cat story is contained in Chapter 13?

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