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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of painting does Margaret say the old man had said had been spoiled?
(a) Wet paintings.
(b) Cubist paintings.
(c) Cave paintings.
(d) Dry paintings.

2. What does Leaphorn have to find before Tull and Goldrim arrive with the second set of questions?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Food.
(c) A weapon.
(d) A radio.

3. What answers does Goldrim give Whitey?
(a) December the first and lava.
(b) Adams family and stetson.
(c) May the third and a sweater.
(d) Cadillac and van.

4. What kind of cloud does the author say the cloud east of Short Mountain has become?
(a) A child's weep.
(b) A female thunder.
(c) A lover's rift.
(d) A male rain.

5. What does Leaphorn throw at the dog?
(a) A stick.
(b) Water.
(c) A rock.
(d) A flashlight.

6. Who does Leaphorn meet at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Begay Utah.
(b) Margaret Cigaret.
(c) John Tull.
(d) Tom Kinn.

7. What words begin the taped message?
(a) I need money.
(b) I will say this only once.
(c) You were warned.
(d) Funny old life.

8. What kind of cigarettes does Steiner have?
(a) Embassy.
(b) Lucky Strikes.
(c) Marlborough.
(d) Pall Mall.

9. What disability does Margaret have?
(a) Deafness.
(b) Legless.
(c) Dumbness.
(d) Blindness.

10. How does the author describe the scout leader's face?
(a) Child-like.
(b) Bull-like.
(c) Doll-like.
(d) Gargoyle-like.

11. What happened to John Tull when he was thirteen?
(a) He was bitten by a bear.
(b) He was kicked by a mull.
(c) He was given his first shot of heroin.
(d) He was scratched by a rabid dog.

12. Where does Milton Silver live?
(a) Farmington.
(b) Flagstaff.
(c) Tuba City.
(d) Kramerville.

13. What kind of animal attacks Leaphorn in this section?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A bobcat.
(d) A dog.

14. Where does Leaphorn say he wants to visit in Albuquerque?
(a) The University Library.
(b) The Natural History Museum.
(c) The CIA office.
(d) The FBI office.

15. What does Tull tell O'Malley he wanted to collect when his friends left him?
(a) His children.
(b) His Blue Cross benefits.
(c) His Salvation Army badge.
(d) His Red Cross stickers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leaphorn say tells him that he will die of suffocation?

2. What does Leaphorn say he will use to kill the dog and the men?

3. What kind of twins does Tso say he and brothers are?

4. How does the author describe the silence between Leaphorn and Tso ?

5. What does Leaphorn think will kill him if the flames don't?

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