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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. When the prisoner Chee is investigating was involved in an armed robbery, who was the prisoner's accomplice?

2. What size boots does Chee wear?

3. After uncovering the mystery of why the windmill is being vandalized, who does Chee call?

4. According to West's friend, why did the friend not trust Musket?

5. When Chee reaches the crash site, whom does he see by the wreckage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one thing that the caller does not specify to Gaines during the phone call?

2. Before the two men part, why does Dashee ask Chee what size boots Chee wears?

3. How does Chee respond when Dashee asks Chee directly if Chee found the car?

4. As Chee flees from his trailer where two men were waiting for him, what does Chee wonder about in regard to the scheduled exchange?

5. Describe Windmill 6.

6. According to Chee's conversation with the old Hopi, what does Chee say that he understands it gets harder and harder to do?

7. After returning to his office, why does Chee call the trading post at Teec Nos Pos?

8. What does Chee see when he goes to the shrine that solves the mystery of why the windmill is being vandalized?

9. According to the old Hopi, why is there no longer any water at the Hopi's sacred place?

10. Why does Dashee's boss, the sheriff, think Dashee knows where the drugs are hidden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they impact the story's plot as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what impact would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development, and the readers' involvement?

Essay Topic 2

There are several characters introduced in the story who do not survive until the end of the story. Identify at least three people killed as the novel progresses. Compare and contrast each of these deaths, being sure to indicate which character died, how the character died, who was responsible for the character's death, and what impact on the overall plot the character's death had. What could have--or should have--been learned from each of these deaths by the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

There is no doubt that Miss Pauling is greatly affected by the events the death of her brother. Discuss how her brother's death and the events thereafter affect not only Miss Pauling's worldview, but also her determination to find her brother's killer. How do Miss Pauling's experiences affect her mental state, her susceptibility to being used by Gaines, and her willingness to help Chee?

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