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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. Where does Leaphorn say he wants to visit in Albuquerque?

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

3. Where are the New Mexico State Police located?

4. What kind of car does the author describe as battered green?

5. What is the name of the company Goldrims worked for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Leaphorn learn about the Boy Scouts in this section?

4. How does Leaphorn escape the fire?

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

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

7. What new information does Witover give Leaphorn?

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

9. What was James Tso's plan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Leaphorn's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Leaphorn hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Leaphorn ideas about life?

3. How has Leaphorn's character changed by the end of the book?

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

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.

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