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Skeleton Man Quiz

Tony Hillerman
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Skeleton Man Quiz

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1)

What does Chandler tell Sherman? (from Chapter 10)

That Joanna may show up and Sherman is to get rid of her.
That the kid who is charged with the crime is not guilty.
About how there are millions of dollars worth of diamonds some where in the canyon.
About the air crash and Joanna's quest.
2)

Why does Bernie know how to use the pistol? (from Chapter 28)

She served in the Army branch of the military police.
She says she is a policewoman.
She learned shooting from her grandfather.
She just got certified to carry a concealed weapon.
3)

With whom does Joe just have a long conversation? (from Chapter 12)

Louisa.
Joanna.
Chee.
Jim.
4)

Where are Chee and Bernie meeting the others? (from Chapter 11)

The jail.
The canyon floor.
Joanna's hotel room.
Tuba City.
5)

Who do many people in the canyon area speculate the old man is who found the diamond case? (from Chapter 13)

Chee's father.
Joe Leaphorn.
A Havasupai shaman.
Billy Tuve's grandfather.
6)

What does Bernie say that allays the old woman's fears? (from Chapter 16)

That she is half Hopi.
That she was invited there by a Hopi.
That she is lost and is about to leave.
That her grandmother is Hopi.
7)

How does Bernie reassure Joanna? (from Chapter 28)

She says the water is gone forever.
She says she can hear a police siren on a helicopter.
She says she can hear Chee yelling for her.
She says Chandler is gone forever and they still have Joanna's pistol.
8)

What are they all discussing? (from Chapter 29)

The wedding.
Joanna's court case to prove her paternity.
The Skeleton Man case.
The closure of the case against Billy Tuve.
9)

Who is waiting when Bernie returns to where she was to stay? (from Chapter 15)

Joanna.
Billy.
Chee and Jim.
An old Hopi woman.
10)

What has Louisa been doing on the canyon floor? (from Chapter 12)

Going through an initiation ceremony.
Studying the layers of rock on the canyon wall.
Recording the oral histories of members of the Havasupai Tribe there for several days.
Setting up seismic recorders.
11)

What do the indications of the thunderclouds foreshadow? (from Chapter 22)

The rain will wash Joanna's body downstream.
Nothing.
The cave will be so dark they will have to wait to explore further.
Rain and eventual flooding.
12)

Who abandons Joanna? (from Chapter 17)

Billy Tuve.
Joe.
Bernie.
Sherman.
13)

Who tries to get Joanna's mother to abort Joanna and accept money? (from Chapter 13)

John Clarke's father.
Plymale.
Joanna's grandmother.
John Clarke's uncle.
14)

Who does Joanna encounter as she is walking up the slope? (from Chapter 25)

Bernie walking down.
The old Hopi woman.
Billy Tuve.
Chee and Joe.
15)

Where is Billy? (from Chapter 11)

He escapes from jail.
He is with Joanna.
He left New Mexico for Arizona.
He left with a stranger earlier that morning.
16)

Where does it appear that Bernie climbs? (from Chapter 21)

Up a slope to the entrance of very narrow slot canyon.
Chee is not sure.
Up a tree, probably to escape the mountain lion.
Into a deep cavern.
17)

What is Chandler's reply? (from Chapter 25)

Joanna might become dangerous if she has her gun.
He hands her a gun.
The woman obviously does not have a gun or she would have stopped them already.
She can use her charm to convince the woman not to hurt them.
18)

What are the two sets of tracks that Chee finds? (from Chapter 19)

An very lightweight woman and a dog.
A mama bear and her cub.
One is a size 12 new hiking boots and one is a petite track, maybe Bernie's.
A cougar and a man.
19)

What else comes out of the cave/slot? (from Chapter 27)

Bernie.
Chandler.
Joanna.
The coyote's cubs.
20)

Where are Joe and his cronies? (from Chapter 29)

At the canyon floor.
Navajo Inn Diner.
At Chee's trailer.
At the Tribal headquarters.
21)

Who does Bernie see cooling his feet in the river? (from Chapter 15)

An old man.
Chee and Jim.
Billy.
A large, blonde man.
22)

What does Chandler manage to do while they are talking? (from Chapter 20)

To take Joanna's gun from her backpack.
To hit a high powered alarm that will bring Plymale right to the two of them.
Get his hunting knife into the hand that is hidden from Joanna's sight.
To stash his gun in his boot so Joanna does not know he has one.
23)

How is Joanna feeling? (from Chapter 17)

Scared.
Angry that storm clouds seem to be moving in.
She is hot, frustrated, deflated and feeling sorry for herself.
Excited to finally be trying to do something about her father.
24)

What is a bane to sheep and cattle herders throughout the American Southwest? (from Chapter 21)

Cacti.
Rattlesnakes.
Cat's Claw Acacias.
Dry waterholes.
25)

Where will they go after picking up Billy? (from Chapter 11)

Into the canyon.
To the temporary FBI headquarters.
To the tribal police station.
To a Hopi ceremony.
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