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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 scent alerts Nora to imminent danger?

2. What is a calvarium?

3. What is Briggs informed of when he calls for information?

4. What does Sloane wonder while she is waiting to ambush Nora?

5. What thought horrifies Nora after the skinwalker and Sloane tumble down to their deaths?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John do after he saves Nora and Bill?

2. After her argument with Nora, what does Sloane do?

3. Who does Skip go to for help and why?

4. What do the designs on the black on yellow micaceous pottery reveal?

5. Why is Beiyoodzin seeking the Priest's Trail?

6. How does Sloane test Nora's authority yet again?

7. Why is Swire angry when Nora and Bill return to Quivira?

8. Sloane and Nora clash yet again. Why this time, and what is the outcome?

9. How do Smithback and Nora escape?

10. Who grabs Nora from behind when she goes to check whether or not Sloane had killed Smithback?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, this book could be said to contain several morals. What are they? What specific lessons are learned? Obstacles overcome? Closures attained? What would you say is the overall message of this novel? Why?

Essay Topic 2

As part of the deal that Dr. Goddard makes with Nora, his daughter Sloane is to be allowed to join the expedition. What is Nora's first impression of Sloane? What motivates Dr. Goddard to insist that she attend? What is his agenda? What conclusions can be drawn about his intentions based on his history, and through him, Sloane's intentions? What specific passages support your conclusions.

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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