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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. What is the normal population of Zuni village?

2. In Chapter 18, what hangs over the Zuni pueblo?

3. How many people does Leaphorn estimate would be at Zuni village during Shalako?

4. What did Leaphorn experience in college with Tom Bob and Blackie Bisti?

5. What are Shulawitsi and Salamobia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is in the procession of the Council of the Gods?

2. What effects does Leaphorn feel from the hypodermic dart?

3. Who are the people who are hunting in Chapter 15, and what are they hunting?

4. In Chapter 15, what disturbs Leaphorn about the dead deer killed by George Bowlegs?

5. Describe Leaphorn's view at the beginning of Chapter 18.

6. Leaphorn realizes who the killer is but can't prove it. He gives the information to two people. Whom does he tell and why?

7. In Chapter 16, Leaphorn is shot with a hypodermic dart. How was this done?

8. What are the Koyemshi, and what is their significance?

9. Father Ingles is impressed with George Bowlegs. Why?

10. What has Susanne learned about deer from George Bowlegs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Leaphorn is hit with the dart, he is able to realize that he must find a place to wait out the effects of the tranquilizer. The reader stays in Leaphorn's head as he hears the killer approach but is powerless to stop it. Although Leaphorn is also faced with hallucinations, he is still able to put more pieces of the puzzle together. What does this chapter tell you about Leaphorn's personality? If you were to meet him outside of his role as a police officer, what kind of man do you think he would be?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 7, the reader learns more about the teachings Leaphorn learned from his grandfather. Discuss how these teachings help Leaphorn as a detective. Compare Leaphorn's detecting methods to those of white culture.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 13, Zuni spirituality is explored more fully as Father Ingles explains it to Leaphorn. Apparently, comparing the different religions was a discussion that Father Ingles shared with George as well. Compare and contrast the Zuni religion with Catholicism.

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