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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. Where does Leaphorn say the Adams woman lives?

2. What does Leaphorn say he is afraid of in Chapter 8?

3. What city does the speaker on the radio mention?

4. Where does Leaphorn arrange a roadblock?

5. What does Leap say a bearded man is as curious as to a Navajo Boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tso ask McGinnis to write to his grandson?

2. How does Begay escape in this section?

3. What new information does McGinnis give Leaphorn about the man with the dog in this section?

4. Who is John McGinnis?

5. Why does McGinnis leave a For Sale sign outside his business?

6. Why does Adams want to visit Tso's Hogan?

7. What legend does McGinnis describe in this section?

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

9. How does Anna help Listening Woman?

10. How do Leaphorn's Navajo origins affect him in his police work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Leaphorn rescue the hostages? Were there any other ways Leaphorn could have rescued the hostages? What meaning does it give the story that all the hostages escape unharmed?

Essay Topic 2

What are the motives of the criminals? How would the meaning of the book change if the criminals were successful?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent. How did the author adapt it for his book.

1. Navajo Tribal Police.

2. The Navajo Tribe.

3. AIM.

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