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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. Who does Smithback write for?

2. What do they find in the cave?

3. How does Peter find the road Nora is seeking?

4. Who is Thurber?

5. Who does Sloane reveal she would choose for herself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to what Skip told the Detective, why hadn't Nora filed a report following her attack at the farmhouse?

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

5. Why does Nora ask that the expedition be kept a secret?

6. What happens to Teresa Gozales and why?

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

8. What items are unusual in the cliff dwelling?

9. What does Aragon tell the rest about the bones that were found in the crawlspace?

10. How does Nora want to fund the expedition to follow in her father's footsteps to Quivira?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a way of life that is part of the Quivira people and carries through to the Nankoweap tribe. The ceremony consistent with both deals with the seasons and the land. Describe the way of life / belief system that is consistent with both of these peoples. What evidence is discovered in Quivira that would lead the reader to the conclusion that they also practiced this belief structure? How was it displayed?

Essay Topic 2

In several instances, there are deaths that can be attributed to wolfskin runners or skinwalkers. They are referred to as witches by the natives, and feared by all. What other names are they given and why?

Part one: Name the different places and occasions where the skinwalkers have asserted themselves. What behaviors can be attributed to their specific brand of witchcraft? What displays were created by them?

Part two: What are the prerequisites to becoming a skinwalker? What rituals are necessary, and what items are collected for future use by the skinwalkers?

Part three: What is the purpose or objectives of the skinwalkers? What are they trying to accomplish?

Essay Topic 3

When the creatures who attacked Nora at the farmhouse leave, they go to her apartment instead. What is it that they are looking for? It is obviously not the letter they asked her for, and the letter has no relationship to the items they did take. What could their motives be? What impression does the reader get about the motives of these creatures now?

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