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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. Who had once written to Houk telling him "to make things right"?

2. What is the tribe of Chee's grandfather?

3. When would Houk go down the river in his kayak?

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

5. Who is the weatherman on Channel 7 that Chee says is predicting a first blast of winter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Leaphorn travel home from New York?

3. What reason does Nakai give for leaving his tent trailer?

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

5. What does Amos Whistler say about the area where the pots came from that interest Friedman-Bernal?

6. What tracks does Leaphorn discover in the area where Friedman-Bernal left her kayak?

7. What has been a major source of satisfaction for Harrison Houk for most of his life?

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

9. Where does Pete's ex-boyfriend want her to go?

10. Where did Etcitty find the pot that DuMont purchased?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Houk and the life he has led and how other characters view him.

Essay Topic 2

Thatcher is assigned to serve a warrant to Dr. Friedman-Bernal. Discuss the accusations against Dr. Friedman-Bernal and what is learned during the course of the investigation.

Essay Topic 3

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

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