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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 color car pulls up next to Joe Leaphorn before he is shot in Chapter 1?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

2. The woman that Joe Leaphorn lives with holds what profession, according to Officer Bernie in Chapter 1?
(a) Bank teller.
(b) Anthropologist.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Math teacher.

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

4. What does Bernie surmise that “WRL” stands for in Leaphorn’s journal in Chapter 7?
(a) Window Rock Levee.
(b) Window Rock Library.
(c) Window Rock Lockers.
(d) Window Rock Lounge.

5. Agent Cordova calls Bernie in Chapter 9 to set up a meeting with her and whom?
(a) A lie detector tech.
(b) A hypnotist.
(c) Officer Wheeler.
(d) Leonard Nez.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at Leaphorn’s house looking at his computer and files when Bernie arrives there to check for Louisa again in Chapter 4?

2. Who in the novel is referred to as “Spider Woman’s daughter”?

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

4. Chee tells Bernie in Chapter 8 that Mrs. Banally won a big award from the tribal government back when who was president?

5. Who is the receptionist at AIRC that shows Bernie through the museum in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Benally’s son? Who does Mrs. Benally say her son was with on Monday morning in Chapter 3?

2. What information about Leaphorn does Bernie relate to the FBI agent that arrives on the crime scene in Chapter 1?

3. What is Jackson Benally’s final alibi that he gives during his interrogation in Chapter 8?

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

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

6. How are the contents of Leaphorn’s journal described in Chapter 7?

7. Why does Bernie go to Leaphorn’s home in Chapter 4? Who does she discover there?

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

9. What does Bernie discover when she arrives at her mother’s house in Chapter 4?

10. What new lead does Chee tell Bernie about in Chapter 9? How is the suspect tied to Leaphorn?

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