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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. How many degrees has Leaphorn moved his bed?

2. Where does Bernie Tso say that the driver of the Plymouth works?

3. How long are the ceremonies that a hatathali performs?

4. While Chee is spending time going back and forth to check the security at the motor pool, where does he go to deal with a disturbance?

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 is Dr. Friedman-Bernal described as she makes her moonlit hike in the desert?

3. What does Chee want to do when he discovers all the bones near the dead men?

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

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

6. What changes has Leaphorn made in his bedroom to help him not think so much about Emma?

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

8. Who is Bo Arnold?

9. Why did Rev. Tafoya become a Christian?

10. What does Dr. Friedman-Bernal see near a pool of water?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the author uses back stories to provide information about characters and to describe events that happened before the occurrences in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why love is not enough to keep the Chee and Mary Landon together.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss suspense and how the author uses suspense in the novel.

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