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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. How does the author describe the sky at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. Who does Leaphorn meet at the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. What kind of cigarettes does Steiner have?

4. What does Leaphorn say tells him that he will die of suffocation?

5. What are the women pouring into the fire pit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tull and his men rob the armored vehicles?

2. How does Leaphorn find the groceries?

3. Why is it so difficult for Leaphorn to leave his position?

4. What problems does Leaphorn have at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. How does Leaphorn defeat the kidnappers?

6. Why did Leaphorn go to the canyon in the first place?

7. Where does Leaphorn know James Tso from?

8. Why is the name Haas important?

9. How do the kidnappers let the authorities know the hostages are still alive?

10. What does the FBI say is the interesting thing about Tull?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Navajo Tribal life.

1. Who are the Navajos and how do they view life?

2. What influence have Navajos had on popular culture?

3. How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of Navajo life?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of Tony Hillerman's previous books and contrast it with the LISTENING WOMAN in terms of the following;

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

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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