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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. Where did Officer Bernie drive from for the Monday meeting in Chapter 1?
(a) Gallup.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Shiprock.

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

3. What does the narrator say Bernie’s Navajo name is in Chapter 2?
(a) Laughing Girl.
(b) Spider Woman.
(c) Coyote Child.
(d) Spider’s Daughter.

4. Where does Agent Cordova ask Bernie to have a meeting with him tomorrow when he calls in Chapter 9?
(a) Shiprock.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) Crownpoint.

5. What is Chee’s Navajo name translated to English, according to Bernie in Chapter 4?
(a) “Laughing Man.”
(b) “Long Thinker.”
(c) "Good Tracker."
(d) “Distant Vision.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Collingsworth tells Bernie in Chapter 7 that AIRC has been approached by what foundation?

2. How tall is Officer Bernie said to be in Chapter 1?

3. How far will Bernie be driving to visit Joe Leaphorn (each way) at the hospital in Chapter 5?

4. Where does Bernie’s mother live in the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bernie come to witness the crime that takes place in Chapter 1? What does she witness?

2. What is the last action on the case that Largo asks of Bernie in Chapter 2?

3. What do Bernie and Chee make of the phone call from Louisa in Chapter 5?

4. What is an example of foreshadowing that takes place in Chapter 6? What does it foretell?

5. What inner conflict does Bernie face in the beginning of Chapter 7? How is it resolved?

6. What does Mrs. Benally tell Bernie about her use of the car in Chapter 3?

7. What reference to the novel’s title appears in Chapter 4? How is “Spider Woman” described?

8. To what different locations does Officer Chee go in order to track down Garrison Tsosie in Chapter 10?

9. How does Dr. Collingsworth respond to the contents of the envelope that Bernie delivers to him in Chapter 7?

10. Why does Chee stop at Earl’s Restaurant in Chapter 10? What does Chee do there?

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