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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. What does Aragon do for the first time since the fire circle?

2. Which two expedition members will join the group at Wahweap Marina?

3. After a preliminary survey of the city of Quivira was completed, what structure did the group assemble and get ready to enter?

4. What makes Nora stop, tie the horses up and continue on foot?

5. What does Swire do to the two horses that Nora and Smithback take?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Nora meet in Chapter 12?

2. Who is still missing from the group when Nora arrives at the meeting place?

3. After Teresa's attack and murder, what had happened to her?

4. What two incidents in Chapters 1 through 8 suggest to the reader some kind of witchcraft or demonic forces are at work behind the scenes?

5. Why does Nora discover only a single moqui step?

6. Why does John leave Nora and Bill so suddenly?

7. What did the pictographs on the back walls depict?

8. What about Sloane's arrival bothers Nora?

9. What does Aragon accuse Black of?

10. How does John tell them that a person becomes a witch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the early chapters of the book, Nora has a distinct disdain for Bill. She mentally puts him down and is openly sarcastic and either unresponsive or her responses to him are negatively charged. This changes dramatically by the end of the book as he wins her trust and her heart. How did he lose it to begin with? What single event almost kept him single? What was the turning point? How did he finally change her mind about him? This was an issue that involved a confrontation, a revelation, and an act of selflessness. Be sure to name them all.

Essay Topic 2

As part of the deal that Dr. Goddard makes with Nora, his daughter Sloane is to be allowed to join the expedition. What is Nora's first impression of Sloane? What motivates Dr. Goddard to insist that she attend? What is his agenda? What conclusions can be drawn about his intentions based on his history, and through him, Sloane's intentions? What specific passages support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Overall, this book could be said to contain several morals. What are they? What specific lessons are learned? Obstacles overcome? Closures attained? What would you say is the overall message of this novel? Why?

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