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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Leaphorn talks to Young Husband, a neighbor to the commune. Where has Young Husband spent 12 months?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Albuquerque.

2. Leaphorn estimates that Short Bowlegs was killed when?
(a) The day before.
(b) Early that morning.
(c) 30 minutes before Leaphorn's arrival.
(d) Several hours.

3. In Chapter 8, who is the man in the blue shirt that Leaphorn sees at the door?
(a) Shorty Bowlegs.
(b) The killer.
(c) George Bowlegs.
(d) Ed Pasquaanti.

4. Who refers to George Bowlegs as "about half genius and half crazy"?
(a) Father Ingles.
(b) Susanne.
(c) Ted Isaacs.
(d) Cecil Bowlegs.

5. What is Kothluwalawa?
(a) Dance Hall of the Dead.
(b) Zuni village.
(c) Zuni kachina.
(d) Origin myth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Zuni mythology, what is the penalty for sacrilege?

2. In Chapter 16, Leaphorn sees the same kachina mask that he saw at Jason's Fleece. Where else has he seen this image in the book?

3. In Chapter 7, what type of bird is startled from the junipers?

4. What grade in school are the two boys, Ernesto Cata and George Bowlegs?

5. Who refers to Leaphorn as Navajo fuzz?

(see the answer key)

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