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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 animal is it taboo to kill?

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

3. What floods Leaphorn's blood in this section?

4. What answers does Goldrim give Whitey?

5. How does the dispatcher describe Theodore Markham's complexion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a skinwalker?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Leaphorn find the groceries?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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