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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. After checking two possible landing points on the reservation side of the river and looking at the mouths of Butler Wash and Comb Creek, what bird does Leaphorn see?
(a) Wattled crane.
(b) Snow goose.
(c) Snowy egret.
(d) Owl.

2. How far below the Bluff bridge, does Leaphorn allow the kayak drift into a sandbar?
(a) About 4 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) About 7 miles.

3. What does Chee eat for breakfast at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Twinkies.
(c) Toast.
(d) Cereal.

4. What does Dr. Arnold study?
(a) Grasses.
(b) Lichen.
(c) Algae.
(d) Fungi.

5. What does Houk grab to defend himself when he believes someone is coming after him?
(a) Pitchfork.
(b) Crow bar.
(c) Two by four.
(d) Shovel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color facial hair does the helicopter pilot have who flies Chee?

2. How many sacred mountains mark the borders of Dineh Bike'yah?

3. On what side of the river did Leaphorn pull the kayak onto a sandbar?

4. At the end of Chapter 14, what direction does Leaphorn drive out of Window Rock?

5. When might Friedman-Bernal have licensed a pistol in Wisconsin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Arnold know that Friedman-Bernal took his kayak?

2. Why was Elliot turned down when he applied to excavate sites in San Juan County?

3. How does Leaphorn persuade Marcy to tell him the name of the buyer who bought the pot Friedman-Bernal was interested in?

4. Why does Leaphorn light a fire?

5. What did Elliot hope to study at Watersprinkler Canyon?

6. What does Chee learn when he calls the travel agency that Elliot uses?

7. What would Pete do if she left to live with her boyfriend?

8. What does Irene Musket say about Houk's trips in the kayak?

9. What memories does Houk have of the first fifty years of his life?

10. Why won't L. G. Marcy tell Leaphorn who the buyer was of the pot that interested Friedman-Bernal?

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