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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described on Bernie’s journey in Chapter 6 as “the little settlement west of Farmington”?

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

3. Who is the store owner at the convenience store that Bernie stops at on her way to her mother’s in Chapter 10?

4. What magazine does Bernie get at the convenience store to take to her mother in Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What information does Chee learn from Mrs. Tsosie in Chapter 10?

4. Why do Chee and Bernie go to Bashas’ grocery store in Chapter 3? What do they discover when they arrive?

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

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

7. How do Jackson Benally’s story and alibi change during his interrogation in Chapter 8?

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

9. What does Louisa say to Bernie and Chee when she calls in Chapter 5?

10. What is the setting of Chapter 1? Who is in attendance at the meeting that takes place in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events of the shooting that occurs in Chapter 1. Where is Bernie in relation to Leaphorn and the shooter? How much time passes during the crime? What does Bernie do when the shooting occurs? Where does the shooter flee?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Darleen in the novel. How much younger is Darleen than her sister Bernie? How are Darleen and Bernie similar? How are they different? Why does Darleen’s behavior in the novel create tension in Bernie’s family?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Jackson Benally and his interrogation in Chapter 8. Where does Jackson first say he was during the crime? How does his story change? Do any of Jackson’s alibis stand up for him?

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