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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 does the pathologist say about the cause of death of the body?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) He is uncertain.
(c) A small stab wound at the base of the skull.
(d) Cyanide poisoning.

2. What may enable Highhawk to steal from the Smithsonian?
(a) His stealth abilities he gained in Vietnam.
(b) His girlfriend's position as a conservator.
(c) His position as conservator there.
(d) His wife's position as a curator.

3. What are the dancers doing that Chee is watching?
(a) Dancing for rain.
(b) Practicing for a tourist show.
(c) Performing a tribal wedding dance.
(d) Preparing for the Night Chant Ceremony.

4. What is in the letter that Chee opens in chapter 7?
(a) A bill that is something his girlfriend bought.
(b) His girlfriend stating she is ending their relationship.
(c) A letter from the attorney of an uncle who has died.
(d) A letter from the draft board.

5. What is the condition for Fleck receiving his money owed him?
(a) There are no problems by the end of the month concerning the job Fleck performed.
(b) He has to wait for five months.
(c) He has to meet with the boss.
(d) He has to perform one more small task.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Fleck's mother being kicked out of the nursing home?

2. What passes Leaphorn as he stands in the dark?

3. Where does Leaphorn go to search Madrid-Perez's luggage?

4. What does Leaphorn find when he goes out on the job for Kennedy?

5. Who is Bernard St. Germain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so mysterious about the body in the desert?

2. What ceremony is Jim Chee observing and why is he there?

3. What does Leaphorn find when he searches the luggage of Hilario Madrid- Perez for clues?

4. Why hasn't The Client paid Fleck the rest of the money owed Fleck?

5. Where is Jim Chee planning to go on his vacation?

6. What is one source of cash for Fleck to help his mother and who does he contact about it?

7. What does the letter Chee receives from Mary reveal?

8. About what does Jay Kennedy call Joe Leaphorn?

9. Describe Agnes Tsosie's visit to the doctor.

10. What frustrates Leaphorn about the dead body in the desert, and also what about the corpse puzzles Leaphorn.

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