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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 author say stirred the air?

2. What does Leaphorn say dies in his throat?

3. What does Tull tell O'Malley he wanted to collect when his friends left him?

4. What does Leaphorn say he sees in the blue-haze distance?

5. How does Margaret describe the policeman she last talked to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Leaphorn think Theodora and Benjamin are in trouble?

3. How does Leaphorn kill the dog when it attacks him the second time?

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

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

6. How did Tull and the others escape by helicopter?

7. How does Leaphorn defeat the kidnappers?

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

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

10. How does Benjamin Tso die?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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