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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John O' Malley?

2. In Chapter 7, who turns down Leaphorn's offer to help dig?

3. In Chapter 5, approximately how many sheep does Leaphorn see at the commune?

4. Who considers the hippies as generous, ignorant, friendly, bad mannered but well intentioned?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leaphorn learn from Shorty Bowlegs in Chapter 3?

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

3. Why does Cecil Bowlegs call Leaphorn "uncle"? Are they related?

4. 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?

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

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

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

10. Describe Ted Isaacs' appearance.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, the reader learns more about George Bowlegs through Leaphorn's eyes and in his conversation with George's younger brother, Cecil. This information leaves the reader feeling empathetic for both boys who live a life of loneliness and poverty. Which testimony from Chapter 3 is more powerful in its ability to generate the empathy: Leaphorn's observations or what Cecil says. Would the empathy be as strong with only perspective of the Bowlegs home life?

Essay Topic 2

After the death of Shorty Bowlegs, Leaphorn assumes responsibility for Cecil Bowlegs. Discuss the Navajo concept of family and children.

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 11 hints at Susanne's background. How does the author let the reader know about Susanne's troubled home without a specific statement to that fact? How has this made her a victim within the commune? What characters seems to actually care about Susanne?

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