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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 does Skip go back to the old farmhouse for?
(a) To pick up Teddy Bear.
(b) To see where Teresa died.
(c) To clean up before Nora returns.
(d) To deliver his condolences.

2. Why is that his first assignment?
(a) Because it is one of Nora's incomplete jobs.
(b) Because it is the most important.
(c) Because it is the first one that needs to be completed.
(d) It is in such a state of confusion already that he can do no further damage.

3. How many towers were there?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

4. What does Nora ask Dr. Blakewood for permission to do?
(a) Hold a press conference.
(b) Display her new potherd collection.
(c) Use radar technology to broaden her search.
(d) Fund the expedition to find Quivira.

5. What does Sloane reveal to Nora about her relationship with her father?
(a) That he never said he loved her.
(b) That he abused her.
(c) None of the above.
(d) That he cheated on her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sloane tell Nora the next morning?

2. Who else does Nora insist accompany the expedition?

3. What ran through the clouds in the mural on the walls of the Great Kiva?

4. What does the figure in the cave chant?

5. What is soon obvious about Nora's relationship with Sloane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What items are unusual in the cliff dwelling?

2. Why was the ridge Nora was seeking called the Devil's Backbone?

3. Who is still missing at the start of the expedition and what decision is Nora faced with?

4. When the ceremony is conducted at the ancient grave site, what becomes clear?

5. What about Sloane's arrival bothers Nora?

6. How does Skip suggest Nora find the road their father claims in his letter to have followed?

7. What does Dr. Blakewood want Nora to do when she tells him about her father's letter?

8. What incidents cause tensions to flare between Nora and Sloane?

9. What distracts Goddard during his meeting with Nora?

10. What is Zero Site Trauma and why is it important?

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