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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) Morehouse College.
(b) University of Alabama.
(c) Pennsylvania State College.
(d) Memphis State.

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

3. What type of deer had been killed by George's gun?
(a) Young doe.
(b) Older, six-point buck.
(c) Older doe.
(d) Young, four-point buck.

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

5. Who does Leaphorn accuse of salting the site?
(a) Ted Isaacs.
(b) Dr. Reynolds.
(c) Halsey.
(d) Ernesto Cata and George Bowlegs.

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

7. How many law enforcement agencies are interested in the crimes at Zuni?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

8. In Chapter 12, who suggests that the killings are based upon a feud between Navajo and Zuni?
(a) Agent Baker.
(b) Ted Isaacs.
(c) Ted O'Malley.
(d) Halsey.

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

10. When was the last time that Father Ingles spoke with Ernesto Cata?
(a) School on Friday.
(b) More than a week previously.
(c) Saturday's Confessional.
(d) Sunday Mass.

11. 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?
(a) In his dreams.
(b) At Arizona State.
(c) Mural in the Zuni mission.
(d) At the Bowlegs hogan.

12. What does Leaphorn find made of blue and yellow songbird feathers in Chapter 19?
(a) A prayer plume.
(b) A mask.
(c) A necklace.
(d) An arrow.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 16, what does Leaphorn compare to a broom handle?

(see the answer keys)

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