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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. In Chapter 14, what is hanging on the ranch gate?
2. What are Shulawitsi and Salamobia?
3. Who does Leaphorn accuse of salting the site?
4. In the early part of Chapter 16, what affects Leaphorn's ability to move and talk?
5. In Chapter 16, what does Leaphorn compare to a broom handle?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Dance Hall of the Dead ends, where is Susanne most likely?
2. Father Ingles is impressed with George Bowlegs. Why?
3. Describe Father Ingles.
4. Who is in the procession of the Council of the Gods?
5. What has Susanne learned about deer from George Bowlegs?
6. After leaving the Bowlegs hogan in Chapter 14, what is Leaphorn's plan for the investigation.
7. What law-enforcement agencies are interested in the crimes at Zuni and why?
8. Leaphorn realizes who the killer is but can't prove it. He gives the information to two people. Whom does he tell and why?
9. What effects does Leaphorn feel from the hypodermic dart?
10. Who are the people who are hunting in Chapter 15, and what are they hunting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the eighth chapter, the reader sees the differences in how Leaphorn and the FBI agent, John O'Malley, approach their jobs and how they work with others. Compare and contrast Leaphorn and O'Malley. Are their differences entirely cultural?
Essay Topic 2
The first chapter of Dance Hall of the Dead not only shows the crime that the entire book centers on but it also provides scene and setting information important to the entire book. It sets the tone of the book. Discuss the details of the setting offered in Chapter 1 and how it introduces place, mood, and culture.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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