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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Zuni mythology, what is the penalty for sacrilege?
(a) A month of silence.
(b) Death.
(c) Ostracizing from the tribe.
(d) Sacrifice of belongings to those offended.

2. What order is Father Ingles with?
(a) The Order of St. Michael.
(b) The Order of St. Anthony.
(c) The Order of St. Francis.
(d) The Order of St. Patrick.

3. In Chapter 14, where is the sky-diving exhibition that Leaphorn hears about on the radio?
(a) The old Zuni village.
(b) Painted Desert.
(c) Black Rock Airstrip.
(d) Yah-Ta-Hey Trading Post.

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

5. In Chapter 11, where does Leaphorn find Susanne?
(a) At the dig site.
(b) Taking a walk.
(c) At the windmill.
(d) In the hogan.

6. In Chapter 15, what do Leaphorn and Susanne share for dinner?
(a) Candy bar.
(b) Potted meat.
(c) An orange.
(d) Beef jerky.

7. As Chapter 15 ends, Leaphorn is only able to take how many steps?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

9. According to legend, who teaches Clumsy Boy the prayers for hunting deer?
(a) Zuni War God.
(b) Chakwena.
(c) Father Coyote.
(d) Sun Father.

10. In Chapter 19, what does Leaphorn find in the alley?
(a) Another fetish.
(b) The body of George Bowlegs.
(c) The kachina mask he had seen.
(d) Only a trail of blood.

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

12. Where does Leaphorn go after leaving Ted Isaacs?
(a) Goes home.
(b) Returns to Zuni.
(c) Goes to see if he can find Susanne and give her a ride.
(d) Goes to see Cecil Bowlegs.

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

14. In Chapter 16, what does Leaphorn compare to a broom handle?
(a) The beak of the kachina mask.
(b) A spear found at the dig site.
(c) A tree near the lake where he looked for George.
(d) The hypodermic tube.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ted Isaacs plan to do with the information he receives from Leaphorn in the last chapter?

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

3. In Chapter 18, what does Leaphorn believe will hide him from others in his stakeout over the Zuni village?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 14, who performs the third search of the Bowlegs hogan?

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