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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Leaphorn at 7:22 a.m. on December 2?
(a) At Ernesto Cata's burial site.
(b) At the Ramah chapter house.
(c) On the road to the Zuni village.
(d) At Shorty Bowleg's hogan.

2. When Chapter 2 opens, what is Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn doing?
(a) Watching a fly.
(b) Talked with the deputy sheriff.
(c) Listening to Ed Pasquaanti.
(d) Driving to Zuni.

3. Where did Leaphorn attend college?
(a) Arizona State.
(b) University of Arizona.
(c) New Mexico State.
(d) University of New Mexico.

4. According to Cecil, who stole something from the anthropologists at the dig site?
(a) The hippies at the commune.
(b) Ernesto Cata.
(c) George Bowlegs.
(d) A kachina.

5. Up to how many people live in a Zuni home?
(a) Twenty-five or thirty.
(b) Less than eight.
(c) Fifteen to twenty.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Halona Itawana?

2. In Chapter 5, what face turns to scarred white ice?

3. In Chapter 9, why is Cecil worried about removing anything from the hogan?

4. What is Naranjo's hat made of?

5. According to Leaphorn, what are the colors of dry country autumn where he lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leaphorn find when he enters the Bowlegs' hogan?

2. What had George asked of Susanne the last time she saw him?

3. Leaphorn first meets Susanne, one of the inhabitants of the commune in Chapter 6. Describe her.

4. What does Leaphorn see standing in the arbor of the commune in Chapter 5?

5. What is distracting Leaphorn at the beginning of Chapter 10?

6. Leaphorn decides to take his rifle with him into the Bowlegs' hogan in Chapter 8. Why does he do this?

7. How do the four original men working this case react to Agents O'Malley and Baker?

8. What does Leaphorn learn from retrieving Cecil's belongings from the hogan in Chapter 9?

9. Explain the Bow Society as mentioned in Dance Hall of the Dead?

10. In Chapter 7, Leaphorn spends several hours at the site where the bicycle was found. What is he doing for all that time and why?

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