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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 do the hippies in the commune sometimes give rides to Young Husband and Young Wife?
(a) Ramah and Gallup.
(b) Gallup and Farmington.
(c) Shiprock and Ramah.
(d) Albuquerque and Farmington.

2. In Chapter 8, Leaphorn hears the sound of a bell. What does it come from?
(a) A dog.
(b) Sheep.
(c) A goat.
(d) A horse.

3. How has Isaacs identified the anthropological site where he's digging?
(a) A Paleo-Indian burial site.
(b) A Clovis trash site.
(c) A Folsom hunting camp.
(d) An Anasazi village.

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

5. In Chapter 6, Leaphorn comes up with another explanation for the blood found where Ernesto Cata was last found?
(a) Deer blood.
(b) The blood of an unknown person.
(c) Sheep blood.
(d) George Bowleg's blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what is the fetish that Leaphorn finds?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Leaphorn think is significant that O'Malley doesn't?

3. In Chapter 10, to what job is Naranjo assigned?

4. Who says, "When the dung beetle moves, know that something has moved it"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the living conditions for the Zuni different from that of the Navajo?

2. What Navajo custom does Leaphorn honor when he arrives at the Bowlegs' hogan?

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

4. In Chapter 8, why does Leaphorn decide to return to Shorty Bowlegs' hogan?

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

6. Describe where Ernesto Cata's body is found.

7. Describe John O'Malley.

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

9. Explain the Reynolds Theory.

10. In Chapter 1, why are there some things that the Little Fire God's friend, George Bowlegs, can't know?

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