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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else does Nora insist accompany the expedition?
(a) JPL technician Peter Holroyd.
(b) The Anasazi chieftain.
(c) Her brother, Skip.
(d) Her own handpicked crew.

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

3. What does Swire do to the two horses that Nora and Smithback take?
(a) He removes their shoes.
(b) He feeds them.
(c) He waters them.
(d) He grooms them.

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

5. After finding and climbing the collapsed trail, what intact feature do they find?
(a) A great wall.
(b) The largest Great Kiva ever found.
(c) Evidence of a flood.
(d) An Anasazi cave.

6. What does Nora ask Skip to bring into work with him?
(a) His resume.
(b) Her father's Ruger.
(c) Her dog.
(d) His guide to potherds.

7. What do they find in the cave?
(a) A skull.
(b) A pictogram.
(c) A map.
(d) An explorer.

8. Why did Nora's meeting with Goddard make her so nervous?
(a) Nora was afraid she would be fired.
(b) Nora thought Blakewood would be there.
(c) Nora doesn't like Goddard.
(d) Nora thought Goddard would proposition her.

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

10. What interrupts Skips work on the first day?
(a) A visit from Nora.
(b) A visit from a Santa Fe Police Detective.
(c) A visit from his friend.
(d) Dr. Goddard.

11. What were the petroglyphs that Nora found on the cliff face?
(a) A herd of deer and a buffalo.
(b) A group of hunters following a mammoth.
(c) Two deer and a hunter.
(d) Nora found a mountain lion, a star inside the moon inside the sun, and an image of Kokopelli.

12. What does Nora find when she leaves the family farm?
(a) A letter her father wrote.
(b) A group of maps.
(c) A photograph of her mother.
(d) A relic.

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

14. What does Aragon do for the first time since the fire circle?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He smiles.
(c) He hugs her.
(d) He cries.

15. Who is Thurber?
(a) Skip's best friend.
(b) Nora's boyfriend.
(c) Nora's girl friend.
(d) Nora's dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ernest Goddard pass around the fire circle for everyone to rub together?

2. When Nora and Sloane emerge from the canyon, what are they searching for?

3. What does Sloane find at the campsite?

4. What is the life force called?

5. What is the condition that Goddard attaches?

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