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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 group is Leaphorn a member of?

2. What is one of the disadvantages of being located at the Short Mountain Trading Post?

3. What is McGinnis drinking when Leaphorn arrives?

4. What does Tso say he dreams about?

5. What two chants does the listening Woman think Hso will need?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adams meet Benjamin?

2. What information does Leaphorn have about the Mercedes?

3. How does Anna help Listening Woman?

4. Why does Leaphorn visit Basti in this section?

5. Who is Benjamin Tso?

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

7. How does the driver injure Leaphorn in this section?

8. What does Leaphorn discover after he finds the tracks?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How accurate is Hillerman's representation of criminal behavior? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book.

1) How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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