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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. What color car pulls up next to Joe Leaphorn before he is shot in Chapter 1?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

2. What does Bernie order for lunch at the café in Chapter 7?
(a) Potato soup.
(b) Beef fajitas.
(c) Goat stew.
(d) Beans and rice.

3. Bernie stops at a convenience store on the way to her mother’s house that is located where in Chapter 10?
(a) US 491 and Navajo Route 18.
(b) US 345 and Navajo Route 12.
(c) US 23 and Navajo Route 24.
(d) US 643 and Navajo Route 10.

4. Who is Jim Chee’s uncle that Bernie had last visited in the hospital, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) Rocko Delbert.
(b) Austin Lee.
(c) Hosteen Nakai.
(d) Randall Elliot.

5. What hotel does Louisa say she’s staying at during the conference in Chapter 5?
(a) Best Western.
(b) The Navajo Inn.
(c) Holiday Inn Express.
(d) La Quinta Inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the office manager from the Shiprock station calls Bernie back in Chapter 7, the address that she’s found for the “AL” listing is a residence in what city?

2. Who is the grounds-man that greets Bernie in a traditional Navajo greeting at AIRC in Chapter 7?

3. What number was Route 666 reassigned to in 2003?

4. What word in Chapter 6 refers to freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations and suffering in Hinduism?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Chee receives a call to come in early to the office because they’ve received what report?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Agent Cordova relate when he calls Bernie in Chapter 9? How does Chee respond?

2. Why does Bernie go to Leaphorn’s home in Chapter 4? Who does she discover there?

3. Who is Mrs. Benally’s son? Who does Mrs. Benally say her son was with on Monday morning in Chapter 3?

4. What does Bernie discover when she arrives at her mother’s house in Chapter 4?

5. How are the contents of Leaphorn’s journal described in Chapter 7?

6. How do Jackson Benally’s story and alibi change during his interrogation in Chapter 8?

7. Why does Captain Largo tell Bernie to take a few days off work in Chapter 2?

8. To what different locations does Officer Chee go in order to track down Garrison Tsosie in Chapter 10?

9. What inner conflict does Bernie face in the beginning of Chapter 7? How is it resolved?

10. What new lead does Chee tell Bernie about in Chapter 9? How is the suspect tied to Leaphorn?

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