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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 is Chee wearing when he spots the Plymouth that was with the truck that took the backhoe?

2. In Chapter 4, how far is Nakai's revival tent from Leaphorn's home?

3. What type of pistol does Dr. Friedman-Bernal carry?

4. What is Leaphorn driving at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. How many people are in Nakai's congregation on the fringe of the Checkerboard Reservation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bo Arnold?

2. Why does Chee believe that the person who was working in the area where Nails and Etcitty died knew what he was doing?

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

4. Why is it difficult to have secrets at Chaco?

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

6. Where had Leaphorn seen the man who is playing the guitar at the revival meeting before?

7. How does Chee damage the car Janet Pete wants to buy?

8. Why did Rev. Tafoya become a Christian?

9. How did Dr. Friedman-Bernal make it appear that she was going to Farmington?

10. What does Thatcher say about Harrison Houk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leaphorn seems to be affected by his wife's death. Discuss the death of Leaphorn's wife and how it affects him.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 5, Chee remembers an aphorism his uncle frequently told him, "When you're tired of walking up a long hill you think about how easy it's going to be walking down." Discuss the meaning of this aphorism and whether it came true for Chee.

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