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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. About what time did George leave the commune?

2. In Chapter 2, where is George Bowlegs last reportedly seen?

3. In Chapter 9, to what culture does the fetish most likely belong?

4. In Chapter 10, who is described as a baptized Christian and Catholic communicant?

5. What did Susanne make George take from her the last time she saw him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Leaphorn learn when he checks in with the Ramah chapter house?

2. What has George taken from his hogan besides the clothing and the horse, according to his brother?

3. In Chapter 1, why are there some things that the Little Fire God's friend, George Bowlegs, can't know?

4. What does Leaphorn find when he enters the Bowlegs' hogan?

5. What case had Leaphorn been working on before he was summoned to Zuni in Chapter 2?

6. Describe Agent Baker and why his appearance doesn't match that of an FBI agent.

7. Describe the boy called the Little Fire God in Chapter 1.

8. How are the living conditions for the Zuni different from that of the Navajo?

9. What had George asked of Susanne the last time she saw him?

10. What is the boy in Chapter 1 training for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 11 hints at Susanne's background. How does the author let the reader know about Susanne's troubled home without a specific statement to that fact? How has this made her a victim within the commune? What characters seems to actually care about Susanne?

Essay Topic 2

After the death of Shorty Bowlegs, Leaphorn assumes responsibility for Cecil Bowlegs. Discuss the Navajo concept of family and children.

Essay Topic 3

Author Hillerman makes several references to the Navajo way of life being a lonely life. Leaphorn seems comfortable in his aloneness, while the loneliness leaves George Bowlegs searching for answers. In comparison, the non-Navajo Susanne is also alone, but this has been forced on her by the abuse against her. Discuss these three characters and how they cope with being alone. Does being alone the same as loneliness? For everyone or just some?

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