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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 type of vehicle does Nakai use to pull a trailer?

3. How many degrees has Leaphorn moved his bed?

4. Where do Davis and Elliott tell Leaphorn that Dr. Friedman-Bernal has discovered a certain potter and her work?

5. Who always said that Dr. Friedman-Bernal had hands like a dirt farmer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Thatcher say about Harrison Houk?

4. Describe Chee's sweat bath.

5. Who saw the theft of a backhoe and why didn't they report it?

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

7. What does Chee do when he learns who the drunk was that caused a disturbance at the 7-Eleven?

8. What is the job of the contract archaeology team that Maxie Davis and Dr. Friedman-Bernal worked with?

9. Who does Chee believe died first, Nails or Etcitty, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss symbolism and how Pete and Chee use symbolism to talk about their broken relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Leaphorn believes that the case of the stolen backhoe and the missing person case overlap. Discuss why the case of the stolen backhoe and the missing person case overlap.

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