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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 Tso say he and his brother are saving the people from?

2. What is inside the gasoline cans?

3. What kind of cigarettes does Steiner have?

4. What kind of meat are the Dinees roasting?

5. What animal is it taboo to kill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new information does Witover give Leaphorn?

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

3. What makes Leaphorn the perfect officer for the Tso case?

4. Why is the name Haas important?

5. Why does the dragging sound frighten Leaphorn so much?

6. What information does Father Benjamin tell Leaphorn about his family?

7. How does Leaphorn find the groceries?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

LISTENING WOMAN is part of the detective genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Leaphorn series help to set the template for similar books? Do modern books still use the ideas the author uses in Listening Woman?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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