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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 do the skinwalkers do in their attack?

2. How does Black justify his behavior to himself?

3. Why had the Anasazi built the tower?

4. What does Black discover behind the second seal?

5. When Sloane finds Bill, what does she tell him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Smithback and Nora escape?

2. What does Sloane conceal from Nora and how does Black react?

3. How does the rescue effort manifest itself at the marina in Page?

4. What surprises Sloane after she kills the skinwalker that chases her and Nora up the tower ladders?

5. What does Black think of Sloane's behavior as the flood waters rage?

6. What discovery does Black make, and how is it discovered?

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

8. How do Nora and Bill get out of the slot canyon after regaining consciousness?

9. What does John Beiyoodzin realize when he makes his way up the Priest's Trail and finds the remains of the twig fire?

10. Bonarotti sits outside after breaking through the seals to the Sun Kiva to have a cigarette and has trouble remembering what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the story, there are examples of forces of good and evil. What are they? Categorize first the good and then the evil, by name and by deed or many deeds. How do they balance out? How does that compare with real life and the forces of good and evil? (Use your own life as a gauge.)

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 31, Aragon has spends the entire night going over the bones that they found in the crawlspace. His revelations are disturbing at the very least and uncover some conflicting observations. Why does it make Nora and Aragon nervous? After an entire night absorbed in the task of understanding the bones and their history, how does he believe they connect to the skull found in Anasazi cave they explored before finding Quivira? What is the overall significance of this find?

Essay Topic 3

There is a way of life that is part of the Quivira people and carries through to the Nankoweap tribe. The ceremony consistent with both deals with the seasons and the land. Describe the way of life / belief system that is consistent with both of these peoples. What evidence is discovered in Quivira that would lead the reader to the conclusion that they also practiced this belief structure? How was it displayed?

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