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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 Bernie ask Joanna?
(a) If Joanna is with the man voluntarily.
(b) About having a gun.
(c) About who the man with her is.
(d) About why they are in this cave.

2. Who does Bernie see cooling his feet in the river?
(a) An old man.
(b) Chee and Jim.
(c) A large, blonde man.
(d) Billy.

3. What does the Shaman preach?
(a) That all who choose death live.
(b) The victory of life over death in a spirit battle.
(c) The preference of death over life in an ugly world.
(d) That the life of one is the same as all.

4. Why doesn't Cowboy need any more water?
(a) Because it's about to pour down rain.
(b) Because he filled up before starting down the canyon.
(c) He is sitting by a pool of water.
(d) It is not very warm that day.

5. How does Chandler get to the floor of the canyon?
(a) Walking.
(b) By mule.
(c) On an ATV.
(d) By helicopter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chandler respond to Joanna's entreaty?

2. Where does Chandler position himself?

3. Where are the tracks?

4. What is a violation of FAA law?

5. What does the old shaman who lives on the side of the canyon claim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might be the implications of Bernie and Chee's relationship from the way they are interacting at the end of Chapter 28?

2. Do you think the scene of Bernie finding the diamonds and arm is anti-climatic and why?

3. What does Hillerman use Bernie for and why?

4. What do you think is the purpose in Chapter 15 of the narrator reiterating many facts already known to the reader?

5. Do you see any difference between Chandler and Joanna at this point; after all, she agrees to a "partnership" with him?

6. After Joanna passes Chandler's hiding place, he calmly confronts her--why do you think she is so careless after having spotted Chandler on the canyon floor earlier?

7. How does Chandler unconsciously give away his intentions in the scene where he and Joanna discover the snuff cans?

8. What is incongruous in Chapter 26 that conflicts with something narrated in Chapter 14?

9. What reveals Bernie's training as a tribal police woman?

10. How does Chee view the Colorado river?

(see the answer keys)

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