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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose voice can Tso and Leaphorn hear as they walk through the cave?
(a) Theodora's.
(b) Julian's.
(c) Tull's.
(d) Max's.

2. What does Leaphorn dream about in this section?
(a) Winter and punishment.
(b) Cowboys and Indians.
(c) Summer and youth.
(d) Women and fire.

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

4. How does the author describe the sound Leaphorn hears at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) A crow sound.
(b) A soprano sound.
(c) A rock sound.
(d) A opera sound.

5. How does the author describe the sky at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Blood red.
(b) Santa white.
(c) Blanket gray.
(d) Blank blue.

6. What does Leaphorn say tells him that he will die of suffocation?
(a) His common sense.
(b) His brain.
(c) His lungs.
(d) His God.

7. Who does Leaphorn say usually knows everything?
(a) Dave Harper.
(b) Old Man McGinnis.
(c) The People.
(d) The Listening Woman.

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

9. What has goldrims dropped into the cave entrance?
(a) Trip wire.
(b) Shards of glass.
(c) Mines.
(d) Dynamite.

10. What does Leaphorn say he will use to kill the dog and the men?
(a) A machine gun.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A pistol.

11. Where does O'Malley say Hoski went after Washington?
(a) Russia.
(b) Britain.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Hawaii.

12. What is inside the boxes?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Human parts.
(c) Books.
(d) Groceries.

13. Who does Leaphorn hear crying in this section?
(a) Ben Tso.
(b) Goldrims.
(c) Julian Waters.
(d) Theodora Adams.

14. What does the dispatcher say the juvenile subjects are wearing?
(a) Firemen uniform.
(b) Police uniform.
(c) Boy Scout uniform.
(d) Eagle scout uniform.

15. What does Tull say Kiowa claimed his stone was?
(a) A God.
(b) A Prophet.
(c) A bear.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackie like to wear on his head?

2. What had Leaphorn's maternal grandmother been?

3. What kind of cloud does the author say the cloud east of Short Mountain has become?

4. What is inside the gasoline cans?

5. What does Leaphorn say three dollars is a show of in Short Mountain country?

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