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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 kind of animal does Tso say he killed on the same day the sand paintings were ruined?

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

3. Where do the witches initiate people into the clan of wolves?

4. Where does Leaphorn meet McGinnis?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leaphorn find at Anna Ennischee's place?

2. Why does Leaphorn visit Basti in this section?

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

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

5. What information does Leaphorn have about the helicopter?

6. What information does Leaphorn have about the Mercedes?

7. How does Anna help Listening Woman?

8. Who is John McGinnis?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think will now happen to the characters? How has the events of the story effected their characters? Are there some characters who find it easier to get over events than others?

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

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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