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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. What does Sloane find at the campsite?

2. What is the condition that Goddard attaches?

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

4. How do the Asaszi's destroy their roads so they can't be found?

5. Who is the wrangler hired by Goddard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Teresa Gozales and why?

2. What tradition did Nora's father follow from other early explorers such as Frank Wetherill?

3. What does John Beiyoodzin call the people responsible for killing the expedition's horses?

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

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

6. Why did Nora Kelly's mother have such a low opinion of her husband, Padraic?

7. After Teresa's attack and murder, what had happened to her?

8. What was the problem with Holroyd's map?

9. Why does John leave Nora and Bill so suddenly?

10. What incidents cause tensions to flare between Nora and Sloane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Black and Sloane both report the day's weather as being clear for the day when they have both witnessed evidence to the contrary. Each has different reasons for their omission. Explain them. Why is Sloane so determined to stay? What motivates Black's behavior? It is easy to see that neither is motivated solely by the desire to explore the Kiva, so what is the common factor that is behind their omission? (Nora is motivated by the same desire when she is determined to leave but each has different focal points)

Essay Topic 2

Aragon comes to the conclusion that it is likely that they Aztecs or their Toltec predecessors invaded the Anasazi civilization at Quivira sometime around A.D. 950. When that happened, everything changed. How did the Toltecs present themselves to the Anasazi peoples? What was the result of their influence on the Anasazi? How is Aragon able to establish these facts? What is the science that he uses to back up his suppositions?

Essay Topic 3

Two characters begin timidly but redeem themselves. Who are they? Naming each, explain why they are reluctant heroes and then describe the acts of courage that occur. How does their lives changes as a direct result of that heroism? In each case, putting yourself in that character's shoes, could you have risen to the occasion? Why or why not?

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