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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ted Isaacs attend college for his undergraduate work?
(a) Pennsylvania State College.
(b) University of Alabama.
(c) Memphis State.
(d) Morehouse College.

2. What taboo did Ernesto worry he had broken?
(a) Stealing from Dr. Reynolds' truck.
(b) Feeling and expressing anger.
(c) Talking about being Little Fire God to George.
(d) Teaching George the Zuni religion.

3. In Chapter 14, what is hanging on the ranch gate?
(a) A wolf skin.
(b) Three coyote skins.
(c) A "No Trespassing" sign.
(d) A "Property of the Federal Government" sign.

4. Dance Hall of the Dead takes place over how much time?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Eight days.

5. What feathers does Leaphorn think he saw on the kachina mask?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Raven or crow.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Buzzard.

6. What does Ted Isaacs plan to do with the information he receives from Leaphorn in the last chapter?
(a) He decides to go after Susanne.
(b) He decides to be honest and tell the school the truth.
(c) The reader doesn't learn that.
(d) He decides to ignore what can't be proven.

7. What is the age and sex of Susanne's sibling?
(a) 11-year-old brother.
(b) 13-year-old sister.
(c) 10-year-old sister.
(d) 14-year-old brother.

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

9. In Chapter 14, what passenger does Leaphorn pick up on the way to the Zuni Lake?
(a) Susanne.
(b) A Zuni boy.
(c) Otis.
(d) Cecil Bowlegs.

10. What does Leaphorn give Ted Isaacs in the last chapter?
(a) The prayer plume.
(b) A turquoise bear.
(c) A note from Susanne.
(d) The flint from the fetish.

11. In Chapter 14, who performs the third search of the Bowlegs hogan?
(a) Leaphorn.
(b) Federal agents.
(c) The killer.
(d) Cecil Bowlegs.

12. How many people does Leaphorn estimate would be at Zuni village during Shalako?
(a) Four thousand.
(b) Seven to eight thousand.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) 500 more than the usual population.

13. In Chapter 18, what hangs over the Zuni pueblo?
(a) Thin layer of ice crystals.
(b) Dust.
(c) Blue smoke from cooking.
(d) Fear.

14. In the early part of Chapter 16, what affects Leaphorn's ability to move and talk?
(a) Poison.
(b) Pain.
(c) Bleeding.
(d) A paralytic drug.

15. What is Halona?
(a) A canyon.
(b) The Higher Place of the World.
(c) A river.
(d) The Middle Place of the World.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, where does Leaphorn find Susanne?

2. What type of deer had been killed by George's gun?

3. Who does Leaphorn recognize from the photos that John O'Malley shows him?

4. Who mentions "Thou shall not profane the Sacred Ways of Zuni"?

5. What does Leaphorn find made of blue and yellow songbird feathers in Chapter 19?

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