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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Nora assign to track those responsible for what happened to the horses?
(a) Sloane and Aragon.
(b) Herself and Smithback who volunteers.
(c) Swire and Sloane.
(d) Herself and Swire.

2. What does Beiyoodzin tell them about the valley of Chilbah?
(a) None of the above.
(b) His people refuse to go there and the city was once a place of witchcraft.
(c) Their medicine man collects plants there and gets knowledge from the witches.
(d) His people are always exploring there and looking for witches.

3. What do they learn from the skull found?
(a) Someone old died there.
(b) Someone was murdered there.
(c) Someone was mauled nearby.
(d) Someone young died there.

4. Why does Nora call Cal Tech?
(a) To ask permission to use their new radar technology.
(b) None of the above.
(c) To find an old friend.
(d) To get a new job.

5. What does Sloane find at the campsite?
(a) A map.
(b) A fire pit.
(c) An arrowhead.
(d) A pictograph.

6. What three things did the Detective ask of Skip?
(a) To keep Teresa's death to himself; to stay away from the farmhouse; and to stay where they could find him.
(b) To go to the farmhouse, take inventory, and clean up.
(c) To write an inventory, list missing items and estimate the costs.
(d) To find Nora; get a lawyer and accompany him to the farmhouse.

7. What does Peter agree to do for Nora?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Use the computer at Cal Tech to help her find the road her father describes.
(c) Put in a good word/reference for employment at Cal Tech.
(d) Intercede with Dr. Blakewood on her behalf.

8. Why is that his first assignment?
(a) Because it is the first one that needs to be completed.
(b) It is in such a state of confusion already that he can do no further damage.
(c) Because it is one of Nora's incomplete jobs.
(d) Because it is the most important.

9. Who is the geochronologist on the expedition?
(a) Aaron Black.
(b) Skip Kelly
(c) Sloane Goddard
(d) Dr. Blakewood

10. How do the team members get to the beach with the horses?
(a) They swim.
(b) They turn back.
(c) They clear the debris.
(d) They are dropped by helicopter.

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

12. What do they discover on the cliff face above them?
(a) A message.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Another trail.
(d) An Anasazi Planetarium.

13. Why is it so important for Nora to find the fabled city?
(a) To find the gold and be rich.
(b) To clear her father's name and reputation.
(c) To become famous.
(d) To prove it exists.

14. What concessions does Nora ask for?
(a) She leads the expedition, it be kept secret and that Goddard allows Skip to work in her department while she is gone.
(b) That Goddard forgive her other work, hold a press conference, and hire the best archeologist to go.
(c) She wants a promotion and a press conference announcing her findings.
(d) She asks for a raise, a press conference to announce the trip, and a new horse.

15. What is unusual about the cave?
(a) There is evidence of a large occupancy.
(b) There are x's on the walls.
(c) There are multiple bodies.
(d) There is a black painted room and reverse spirals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Nora's father sometimes mark his trail?

2. What are the marks left by the life force when it enters the body?

3. What happens to Teresa Gonzales?

4. What is lacking other than GPS ability?

5. How does Skip surprise Sonya?

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