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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hal Simmons?
(a) Joanna Craig's attorney.
(b) An attorney for Billy Tuve.
(c) An FBI agent.
(d) Joe Leaphorn's contact in Santa Fe.

2. What does Chandler do for a living?
(a) Bounty hunter and skip tracer.
(b) CEO of his family's firm.
(c) Assassin.
(d) Actor.

3. Who tells a story to support Joe's theory?
(a) Chief Joseph Brown.
(b) Joe Running Brave.
(c) Sam Pinto.
(d) Billy Tuve.

4. What is the Kachina Masaw?
(a) A dance the Hopi do for rain.
(b) The Skeleton Man.
(c) A doll that has healing powers.
(d) The name of a Hopi drum group.

5. What does Plymale say about Joanna Craig?
(a) That she is determined to bring Playmale down.
(b) That she is a pyschic and her deceased father has spoken to her.
(c) That she is trouble.
(d) That he could not buy her off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cowboy Dashee want Joe to do?

2. Where did a plane crash in 1956?

3. What did Reno tell Shorty about an old man from whom he got a horse?

4. What do both Jim and Chee question about Joanna's purse?

5. How does John Clarke die?

Short Essay Questions

1. In a mystery, every sentence offers clues, either about the case or about the characters that are part of the case; what does the reader learn early on about Joe Leaphorn from one sentence?

2. What does the telephone conversation between Bernie and Chee say about their relationship?

3. Do you think Louisa's condemnation of the modern pollution of ancient myths is totally logical?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what is there that would clue the reader in on the possibility that this book will be based upon a flashback to an earlier date?

5. What do you think is the main purpose of this short chapter?

6. How is the story about Cat an allegory for what Chee has encountered in his life?

7. How do the two characters introduced in Chapter 3 contrast with each other?

8. Why do you think Hillerman stereotypes characters such as Chandler and Plymale, making them one-dimensional?

9. How does Hillerman use the story of the cat in Chapter 6 for more than one purpose?

10. The focus on the possibility of rain continues in this chapter; name several hints that the weather may play a role in the story.

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