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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 dispatcher say the juvenile subjects are wearing?

2. What does the author say slants into the falling water?

3. What does Leaphorn say Tso's hands feel like?

4. What society does Witover ask Leaphorn if he knows about?

5. What is the name of the clan Begay is a member of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was James Tso's plan?

2. What one action seemed out of place for James Tso?

3. What is a skinwalker?

4. Why does Leaphorn refuse to talk to Theodora about Benjamin?

5. Why is the name Haas important?

6. What does Leaphorn find out about Tull in this section?

7. How does Benjamin Tso die?

8. Describe how Leaphorn is attacked when he arrives at the cave.

9. What new information does Witover give Leaphorn?

10. How does Leaphorn find the groceries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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