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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 Sloane do during the flood?

2. What does Nora use against the final skinwalker?

3. How does Black justify his behavior to himself?

4. Where is Holroyd's body taken?

5. What arrives at the marina in Page?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the designs on the black on yellow micaceous pottery reveal?

2. Why is Swire angry when Nora and Bill return to Quivira?

3. How do Nora and Bill get out of the slot canyon after regaining consciousness?

4. How do Smithback and Nora escape?

5. After her argument with Nora, what does Sloane do?

6. How does the flash flood announce itself?

7. What surprises Sloane after she kills the skinwalker that chases her and Nora up the tower ladders?

8. What does John Beiyoodzin realize when he makes his way up the Priest's Trail and finds the remains of the twig fire?

9. How does the rescue effort manifest itself at the marina in Page?

10. How does Black justify his omission when the flash flood comes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aragon comes to the conclusion that it is likely that they Aztecs or their Toltec predecessors invaded the Anasazi civilization at Quivira sometime around A.D. 950. When that happened, everything changed. How did the Toltecs present themselves to the Anasazi peoples? What was the result of their influence on the Anasazi? How is Aragon able to establish these facts? What is the science that he uses to back up his suppositions?

Essay Topic 2

Black and Sloane both report the day's weather as being clear for the day when they have both witnessed evidence to the contrary. Each has different reasons for their omission. Explain them. Why is Sloane so determined to stay? What motivates Black's behavior? It is easy to see that neither is motivated solely by the desire to explore the Kiva, so what is the common factor that is behind their omission? (Nora is motivated by the same desire when she is determined to leave but each has different focal points)

Essay Topic 3

With all that has been revealed so far, choose which truth is behind the city and its inhabitants. One theory is that an earthquake released a toxic spore from the earth and either killed or drove out the inhabitants. The other theory argues the possibility that with the amount of corpse powder being produced and used, an earthquake may have released it on an unsuspecting population, killing many and driving the rest out. Support your choice with facts taken from the book.

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