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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. In Chapter 5, where does Chee have to deliver a witness to an FBI office?

2. What is the first person wearing that Chee finds dead?

3. What type of car does Janet Pete wish to buy?

4. To whom did the tire dealer sell the tires that matched the tracks left by a truck that hauled away the stolen backhoe?

5. What month is it at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leaphorn believe that the backhoe case and Dr. Friedman-Bernal's case overlap?

2. Why does Leaphorn decide to investigate Dr. Friedman-Bernal's disappearance?

3. Why is one section of the canyon called the baseball gallery?

4. What does Leaphorn say about Chee and what is a hatathali?

5. What problems does Tso tell Pete that the car had before Chee wrecked it?

6. How did Leaphorn's wife, Emma die?

7. Why aren't Dr. Friedman-Bernal's hands a lady's hands?

8. Describe Chee's sweat bath.

9. What poster hangs on the wall where Thatcher and Leaphorn are waiting at the Chaco visitors' center?

10. What items do Davis and Elliott think are missing from Dr. Friedman-Bernal's apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 7, Janet Pete learns about the damage to the car she wishes to buy, a moment Chee has been dreading. The Discuss Pete's reaction to the damage and who she blames for the damage.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss suspense and how the author uses suspense in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Chee is assigned to watch the Navajo Tribal Motor Pool. Discuss the case, why it is assigned to Chee, and why the case is later assigned to Sergeant Benally.

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