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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 color glaze do the pots have that Friedman-Bernal is looking for?

2. To what Navajo god does Leaphorn compare some of the petroglyphs to that he sees?

3. In what mountain range does Many Ruins Canyon begin?

4. Where does Houk hide a note?

5. What does Dr. Arnold study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the last thing that Houk does before someone comes for him?

2. What does Leaphorn believe that Elliot will try to do as they carry Friedman-Bernal?

3. Why does Leaphorn light a fire?

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

5. What did Leaphorn ask Irene Musket to do for him as he took out the kayak?

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

7. What does Detective McGee look like?

8. Where does Houk consider hiding?

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

10. How does Leaphorn persuade Marcy to tell him the name of the buyer who bought the pot Friedman-Bernal was interested in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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