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

2. 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.

3. What was significant about the skulls Nora and Sloane found in the Kiva?
(a) They were covered with a turquoise inlay and had eyes of rose quartz.
(b) They were coated in silver with onyx eyes.
(c) They were coated in gold with ruby eyes.
(d) They were coated in tin with slate eyes.

4. What helps Skip in his identifications?
(a) His previous time spent with his father.
(b) His years in school.
(c) His computer.
(d) His sister's education.

5. What happened to some of the horses?
(a) The horses were branded.
(b) The horses were gutted.
(c) The horses were stolen.
(d) The horses were stampeded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the figure in the cave chant?

2. Who is the paleopathologist and medical doctor on the expedition?

3. How does Skip surprise Sonya?

4. Who is the wrangler hired by Goddard?

5. What does he call the valley that Quivira is located in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What items are unusual in the cliff dwelling?

2. What did the pictographs on the back walls depict?

3. What does Dr. Blakewood want Nora to do when she tells him about her father's letter?

4. What kind of gear was placed atop the rim of the canyon, way above Quivira and what was its purpose?

5. What does Aragon accuse Black of?

6. When the ceremony is conducted at the ancient grave site, what becomes clear?

7. What two incidents in Chapters 1 through 8 suggest to the reader some kind of witchcraft or demonic forces are at work behind the scenes?

8. Why was the ridge Nora was seeking called the Devil's Backbone?

9. Who is still missing at the start of the expedition and what decision is Nora faced with?

10. According to what Skip told the Detective, why hadn't Nora filed a report following her attack at the farmhouse?

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