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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 the man in the Mercedes say is happening to Leaphorn's car?

2. What kind of bird does Leaphorn think he hears in the gray light?

3. What is the name of the officer who reports that he has set up the roadblock?

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

5. What does Theordora say is the priest's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Listening Woman give Leaphorn about the case?

2. What vision does Listening Woman have in this section?

3. What information does Leaphorn have about the helicopter?

4. Why does Leaphorn visit Basti in this section?

5. What are the three open cases Leaphorn currently has on the go?

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

7. What does Tso think may be the cause of his illness?

8. What does Theodora Adams represent to Benjamin?

9. What information does Leaphorn have about the Mercedes?

10. How did Adams meet Benjamin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the kidnappers plans? What does it say about the character of James Tso that he wants to avenge the death of 11 other Indians? Are there any weaknesses in Tso's plan?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The author wrote LISTENING WOMAN in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

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