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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. According to a neighbor, where is the owner of the commune land believed to live?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) Window Rock.
(c) Farmington.
(d) Chinle.

2. What does Leaphorn bring out of the hogan that belongs to George?
(a) Odds and ends.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A fetish.
(d) A ragged shirt.

3. Who owns the land where the commune sheep graze?
(a) The Navajo tribe.
(b) Frank Bob Madman.
(c) The Zuni tribe.
(d) Alice Madman.

4. In Chapter 6, what is the last message that Leaphorn receives from the Window Rock operator?
(a) He has a dentist appointment the next day.
(b) George Bowlegs has been sighted.
(c) His supervisor wants to know about an embezzlement case.
(d) Ernesto Cata's body has been found.

5. What language do words like Shulawitsi and Shalako come from?
(a) Zuni.
(b) Hopi.
(c) Ute.
(d) Navajo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last time Isaacs saw George Bowlegs and Ernesto Cata?

2. By the end of Chapter 8, who arrives at the hogan?

3. In Chapter 6, where is Leaphorn planning to sleep?

4. In Chapter 8, who is the man in the blue shirt that Leaphorn sees at the door?

5. When Chapter 2 opens, what is Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Leaphorn believes that George Bowlegs can survive easily enough in the wild until the snow comes. How does Leaphorn expect George to survive?

3. What had happened the last time that Ted Isaacs had seen Ernesto Cata and George Bowlegs?

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

5. What case had Leaphorn been working on before he was summoned to Zuni in Chapter 2?

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

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

8. Explain the Reynolds Theory.

9. In Chapter 6, what does Leaphorn learn when he checks in with the Ramah chapter house?

10. What has George taken from his hogan besides the clothing and the horse, according to his brother?

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