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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term in Chapter 3 is the Navajo name for white people?
(a) Dinetah.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Bilagáana.
(d) Hataalii.

2. Who is the first person to call Bernie when she wakes up in Chapter 10?
(a) Agent Cordova.
(b) Officer Wheeler.
(c) Austin Lee.
(d) Officer Bigman.

3. How far does the narrator say Albuquerque is from Santa Fe in Chapter 5?
(a) A 2-hour drive.
(b) An hour drive.
(c) A half-hour drive.
(d) A 4-hour drive.

4. Chee tells Bernie in Chapter 8 that Mrs. Banally won a big award from the tribal government back when who was president?
(a) Rocko Delbert.
(b) Joe Shirley Jr.
(c) Austin Lee.
(d) Captain Largo.

5. At what elevation is Shiprock, New Mexico said to be at in Chapter 5?
(a) 6,000 feet.
(b) 7,000 feet.
(c) 4,000 feet.
(d) 9,000 feet.

6. Where does Louisa tell Chee and Bernie she’s calling from in Chapter 5?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) Crownpoint.
(d) Toadlena.

7. What is the name of the woman that the suspicious car belongs to at the grocery store in Chapter 3?
(a) Eleanor Friedman-Bernal.
(b) Dr. Maxie Davis.
(c) Gloria Benally.
(d) Louisa Bourbonette.

8. What reservation does Chee express regarding Agent Cordova in Chapter 9?
(a) He thinks Cordova might be extorting Louisa.
(b) He thinks Cordova is overstepping his bounds in the investigation.
(c) He thinks Cordova might be involved in the shooting.
(d) He thinks Cordova is flirting with Bernie.

9. What magazine does Bernie get at the convenience store to take to her mother in Chapter 10?
(a) Home and Garden.
(b) Time.
(c) Woman’s Day.
(d) People.

10. When Chee talks to Bernie on the phone in Chapter 10, he tells her that Darleen had called the previous day frantic because she believed what had happened?
(a) Her car had been stolen.
(b) Her son had been kidnapped.
(c) Her boyfriend had been shot.
(d) Her mother had been kidnapped.

11. What is described on Bernie’s journey in Chapter 6 as “the little settlement west of Farmington”?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Toadlena.
(c) Fruitland.
(d) Crownpoint.

12. Who is the grounds-man that greets Bernie in a traditional Navajo greeting at AIRC in Chapter 7?
(a) Austin Lee.
(b) Charley Zah.
(c) Mark Yazzie.
(d) Randall Elliot.

13. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Chee receives a call to come in early to the office because they’ve received what report?
(a) The criminal history report of Joe Leaphorn.
(b) The background report on Jackson Benally.
(c) The fingerprints report on the car.
(d) The toxicology report of Joe Leaphorn.

14. What word in Chapter 6 refers to freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations and suffering in Hinduism?
(a) Dinetah.
(b) Hataalii.
(c) Nirvana.
(d) Bilagáana.

15. Who in the novel is referred to as “Spider Woman’s daughter”?
(a) Louisa Bourbonette.
(b) Bernie.
(c) Dr. Maxie Davis.
(d) Mrs. Benally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bernie surmise that “WRL” stands for in Leaphorn’s journal in Chapter 7?

2. What color car pulls up next to Joe Leaphorn before he is shot in Chapter 1?

3. Joe Leaphorn is described in Chapter 1 as a retired police lieutenant of what force?

4. Where does Bernie’s mother’s sister live that she describes talking to in Chapter 4?

5. What does the narrator say Bernie’s Navajo name is in Chapter 2?

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