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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 does Leaphorn say he is finding difficult at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What does Leapman think is the religion of the man at Tso's hogan?

3. What does Leaphorn say he fervently believed in as a boy?

4. What European city does Theodora say the man is from?

5. What two animals does Leaphorn compare Adams and Tso to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Leaphorn change when he went to college?

2. Why does Benjamin say he has come to his grandfather's hogan?

3. How does Anna help Listening Woman?

4. What new information does Leaphorn find out when he reviews the listening woman's interview?

5. Who is John McGinnis?

6. Why does Leaphorn visit Basti in this section?

7. What does Theodora Adams represent to Benjamin?

8. What does Leaphorn think about the Listening Woman's interview with the police?

9. How did Adams meet Benjamin?

10. Why does McGinn think a Narajo could not have killed Tso?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Leaphorn's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Leaphorn hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Leaphorn ideas about life?

3. How has Leaphorn's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Pick two characters from the book and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motives? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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