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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 word does the narrator use in Chapter 12 that means the place or source of origin?

2. What kind of pattern is described on the vase that Ellie is holding in the photograph that Slim shows Bernie in Chapter 15?

3. 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?

4. How are Dr. Davis’s gloves described in Chapter 19?

5. What does Dr. Davis say is her hobby in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What takes place when Bernie goes to Santa Fe to be hypnotized in Chapter 12?

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

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

7. Why does Captain Largo call Chee in the beginning of Chapter 16? Where does he tell Chee to go?

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

9. How does Chee manage to find the name of EFB Appraisals’ owner and contact information in Chapter 13?

10. How is Leaphorn’s missing AIRC report described in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the hypnosis of Bernie in Chapter 12. Who comes to hypnotize Bernie? How is this character described? What questions are asked of Bernie? What new memory does Bernie recall during the hypnosis? How does this help the investigation?

Essay Topic 2

Culture and Tradition in Spider Woman’s Daughter

a. Discuss the ways that Navajo culture differs from white culture as seen in the novel. How do Bernie and Chee and the other Navajo characters view white and white traditions?

b. How do the themes of culture and tradition apply to the Anasazi pottery and the Navajo rugs that are illustrated throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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