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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who mentions "Thou shall not profane the Sacred Ways of Zuni"?
(a) Ernesto's father.
(b) Leaphorn.
(c) Ed Pasquaanti.
(d) Father Ingles.

3. What is missing from the deer?
(a) Stomach.
(b) Heart, liver, and gall bladder.
(c) Only the hide.
(d) Some of the venison.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 15, what does Leaphorn find on the saddleback slope?
(a) Dead deer.
(b) Shotgun shell.
(c) Piece of a shirt in a bush.
(d) Tracks of George's horse.

5. What nickname has Leaphorn given the killer?
(a) Man with Machete.
(b) Killer of Two.
(c) Man Who Wore Moccasins.
(d) The Tracker.

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

7. 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) He decides to ignore what can't be proven.
(d) The reader doesn't learn that.

8. What are Koyemshi?
(a) Sacred clowns.
(b) Representatives of the Gods.
(c) Totems.
(d) Kachina.

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

10. What does Leaphorn do while Susanne cries?
(a) Tries to calm her.
(b) Talks about Navajo mythology about death.
(c) Pats her on the back.
(d) Turns away to look at the horizon.

11. Who does Leaphorn recognize from the photos that John O'Malley shows him?
(a) Suzanne.
(b) Halsey.
(c) Ted Isaacs.
(d) Dr. Reynolds.

12. In Chapter 11, how many sites is Reynolds sponsoring digs on?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Seven.

13. In Chapter 12, where is grid Seventeen W that Isaacs is working from?
(a) Farthest from the trailer.
(b) In a gully.
(c) In the center of the site.
(d) On top of the ridge.

14. What is the color of the mask that Leaphorn describes to Pasquaanti?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what passenger does Leaphorn pick up on the way to the Zuni Lake?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Leaphorn find in the alley?

3. In Chapter 16, what does Leaphorn find inside the fetish offering?

4. Where does Leaphorn go after leaving Ted Isaacs?

5. In the early part of Chapter 16, what affects Leaphorn's ability to move and talk?

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