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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pasquaanti's job?
(a) State Policeman.
(b) Chief of Zuni Police.
(c) Navajo Policeman.
(d) Federal Agent.

2. When does Dance Hall of the Dead begin?
(a) December 5.
(b) September 25.
(c) October 15.
(d) November 30.

3. What is taboo in the eight days leading to Shalako?
(a) Associating with non-Zuni people.
(b) Eating before sundown.
(c) Anger.
(d) Laughter.

4. According to Leaphorn, what are the colors of dry country autumn where he lives?
(a) Red, orange, and gold.
(b) Blue, gold, and gray.
(c) Crimson, blue, and orange.
(d) Gold, gray, and green.

5. In Chapter 1, the Little Fire God reaches the end of his run and sees his bicycle. Who does he expect to be waiting?
(a) His brother.
(b) A Zuni elder.
(c) George.
(d) The Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what is stenciled on the back of the Little Fire God's sweatshirt?

2. Where did Leaphorn attend college?

3. According to Cecil, who stole something from the anthropologists at the dig site?

4. Ernesto Cata is one of the missing boys. What other name or role does the reader know Cata by?

5. When Chapter 2 opens, what is Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn doing?

(see the answer key)

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