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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. The small town of Cuba is described in Chapter 14 as being known for what beloved New Mexican restaurant, according to the narrator in Chapter 14?
(a) The Navaho Inn.
(b) Poncelita’s.
(c) La Quesa.
(d) El Bruno’s.

2. What gift does Chee give to Bernie in Chapter 11?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) Earrings.
(c) A watch.
(d) A ring.

3. What does the narrator say Bernie’s favorite classes had been in college in Chapter 11?
(a) Botany and southwestern anthropology.
(b) Geology and drama.
(c) History and European art.
(d) English literature and art history.

4. What are the McManus collection item numbers that Leaphorn describes as exceptions that he has concerns based on their undervaluation, based on the report in Chapter 12?
(a) 1235-2121.
(b) 3255-3260.
(c) 2343-2355.
(d) 3122-3126.

5. What is the name of the man that nearly killed Eleanor Friedman-Bernal many years ago, according to the narrator in Chapter 16?
(a) Randall Elliot.
(b) Dr. Moxsley.
(c) Rocko Delbert.
(d) Austin Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chee calls Captain Largo in the beginning of Chapter 14, Largo informs him that the police there have heard from whose ex-wife?

2. Pueblo Bonito was constructed in stages by the ancestral Puebloan peoples between what centuries?

3. Where is the FBI’s award ceremony held in Chapter 22?

4. Who is the woman next to Ellie in the photograph that Slim shows Bernie in Chapter 15?

5. When does Captain Largo tell Bernie he wants her to come back to work when he calls in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Slim Jacobs tell Bernie about his meeting with Ellie in Chapter 15?

2. When does Chee arrive home in Chapter 11? What does he give to Bernie when he comes home?

3. Why do Bernie and Chee visit Dr. Maxie Davis’s office in Chapter 13? What do they see there?

4. What does Chee learn from the hospital chaplain in Santa Fe in Chapter 18? How does Chee respond?

5. How does Slim Jacobs describe Ellie’s involvement with the vases that were sent to Japan in Chapter 15?

6. What do Bernie and her mother discuss during Bernie’s visit in Chapter 11?

7. Where does Chee meet Agent Cordova in Chapter 16? Why does Cordova say he sent for Chee?

8. What danger(s) do Bernie and Chee face in the climax of the novel? How are they overcome?

9. How does Bernie manage to get into the museum to search for Chee in Chapter 20? What does she find there?

10. How does Bernie manage to track down Chee and Dr. Davis at the storage facility in Chapter 20?

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