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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what is the fetish that Leaphorn finds?
(a) A carved kachina.
(b) A bone mole.
(c) An antelope.
(d) A badger.

2. In Chapter 8, what does Leaphorn find hanging from the hogan blanket rope?
(a) Bedrolls.
(b) Shorty Bowlegs.
(c) Blanket.
(d) Clothing.

3. Leaphorn recognizes Agent Baker as what?
(a) An agent with the Justice Department's Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
(b) A State Bureau of Investigation agent.
(c) A BIA official.
(d) An FBI agent.

4. Who tells Leaphorn that kachinas are invisible unless you're about to die?
(a) The commune neighbors.
(b) A college roommate.
(c) Father Ingles.
(d) Ed Pasquaanti.

5. Where do the hippies in the commune sometimes give rides to Young Husband and Young Wife?
(a) Ramah and Gallup.
(b) Shiprock and Ramah.
(c) Albuquerque and Farmington.
(d) Gallup and Farmington.

6. What language do words like Shulawitsi and Shalako come from?
(a) Zuni.
(b) Hopi.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Ute.

7. Leaphorn estimates that Short Bowlegs was killed when?
(a) The day before.
(b) Early that morning.
(c) Several hours.
(d) 30 minutes before Leaphorn's arrival.

8. In Chapter 5, Leaphorn talks to Young Husband, a neighbor to the commune. Where has Young Husband spent 12 months?
(a) Albuquerque.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Vietnam.

9. What is the proper cure for any who have been touched by Shorty's death?
(a) Tearing down the hogan.
(b) Arranging for the proper Singer and Sing.
(c) Closing the smoke hole in the top.
(d) Bringing out a shaman.

10. What is taboo in the eight days leading to Shalako?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Eating before sundown.
(c) Anger.
(d) Associating with non-Zuni people.

11. According to Cecil in Chapter 9, George said he was going to look for some kachinas at a place he couldn't pronounce. What letter does the place start with?
(a) T.
(b) S.
(c) D.
(d) K.

12. When does Dance Hall of the Dead begin?
(a) December 5.
(b) September 25.
(c) October 15.
(d) November 30.

13. When was the last time Isaacs saw George Bowlegs and Ernesto Cata?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Over a week ago.

14. In Chapter 5, who does Leaphorn witness driving away from the commune?
(a) Two men and two women.
(b) Dr. Reynolds.
(c) Ted Isaacs.
(d) Susanne.

15. In Chapter 5, what surprise does Leaphorn see emerging from the arbor?
(a) A human with a deer head.
(b) Ted Isaacs.
(c) A human with a bird head.
(d) George Bowlegs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people originally settled the commune?

2. What is Naranjo's hat made of?

3. In Chapter 10, where does Leaphorn drive to after the meeting?

4. What mark is found on both Leaphorn's carryall and his shirt?

5. In Chapter 10, what does Leaphorn think is significant that O'Malley doesn't?

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