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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy Tuve try to hock?
(a) His flute.
(b) A watch.
(c) A rare diamond.
(d) A pair of snakeskin boots.

2. Why do the Zunis have their rain dance ceremony before their rodeo?
(a) So that it will rain and cool off the participants.
(b) So it will keep the dust down in the arena when it rains.
(c) Because there is a time lag between the dance and when the rain comes.
(d) Having it before rodeo kept the cowboys from getting hurt.

3. Who arrives in New Mexico at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Jon Running Brave.
(b) Joe Leaphorn.
(c) Jim Chee.
(d) Joanna Craig.

4. What does Cowboy Dashee want Joe to do?
(a) Help prove Billy Tuve's innocence.
(b) Speak at a Tribal Governing Council.
(c) Take his cousin Billy out to find the shaman who has the diamonds.
(d) Fly to Denver to interview Joanna Craig.

5. Where did a plane crash in 1956?
(a) Just outside Las Vegas.
(b) Over the Grand Canyon.
(c) In the Kalahari Desert.
(d) Over the Black Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal in the story starts the whole cycle of change?

2. How much does Billy Tuve want for the item?

3. What upsets Joe about Shorty's death?

4. What does Chandler have to do with Seattle?

5. Why can't Billy Tuve tell Cowboy and Jim what he is doing in the canyon when he gets the diamond?

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