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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant plants were found in the area and brought to everyone's attention by Holroyd?
(a) Datura, psilocybin, and mescal cactus.
(b) Daffodils, tulips and gardenias.
(c) Datura, Narcissus and Petunias.
(d) Poppies, daisies and delphiniums.

2. What is the first task Skip is given?
(a) Anasazi arrowheads.
(b) Incan manuscripts.
(c) Anasazi potsherds.
(d) Ponderosa Draw potsherds.

3. What does Peter want in return?
(a) To tour the Institute.
(b) To take Nora out for dinner.
(c) To go with Nora on the expedition.
(d) To see Nora's potherds.

4. What do reverse spirals signify?
(a) They were just graffiti.
(b) They were going the wrong way.
(c) Time ran backwards.
(d) Someone felt witches resided there.

5. What impedes the barge from making it to the beach?
(a) A sand bar.
(b) Another barge.
(c) A log jam.
(d) A rocky shoal.

6. Who saves Nora Kelly from her attacker at the old family ranch?
(a) Peter Holroyd.
(b) Her brother Skip.
(c) Dr. Blakewood.
(d) Their neighbor, Teresa Gonzalez.

7. Who greets Skip when he arrives late?
(a) Peter Holroyd.
(b) Sonya Rowling.
(c) Dr. Blakewood.
(d) Dr. Goddard.

8. Who does Smithback write for?
(a) The Prospector.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Times.
(d) The Archaeological.

9. What does Sloane see above them?
(a) A cliff dwelling.
(b) An eagle.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A village.

10. How does Bill Smithback arrive at the marina in Page, Arizona?
(a) None of the above.
(b) In a plane.
(c) In a limousine.
(d) On a horse.

11. How many towers were there?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

12. What is Nora's middle name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Susanne.
(c) Waterford.
(d) Karen.

13. What is Smithback's job at Quivira?
(a) He is a sketcher.
(b) He is a cook.
(c) He is an observer.
(d) He is a digger.

14. When Aragon examines the items from the cliff dwelling, what two things does he discover?
(a) The paint is blood and the child was scalped.
(b) The paint is charcoal and the skull is male.
(c) The skull is old and the paint is ochre.
(d) The skull is old and the paint is ash.

15. Where did Padraic Kelly disappear?
(a) In the Andes Mountains.
(b) On a ship at sea.
(c) In Central America.
(d) In the canyons of Arizona and Utah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sloane find at the campsite?

2. How does Dr. Blakewood react to Nora's idea for the expedition?

3. What does Skip find out about his brakes?

4. How does Nora verify their location in the canyon?

5. What do they learn from the skull found?

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