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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Reno tell Shorty about an old man from whom he got a horse?
(a) That the man had a mummified arm on his mantle.
(b) That the man was crazy from too much peyote.
(c) That the man did not know the value of a diamond.
(d) That the man had many tins of diamonds.

2. What upsets Joe about Shorty's death?
(a) That Joe never said goodbye to Shorty.
(b) That all Joe's old friends are dying.
(c) That Shorty was younger than Joe.
(d) Nothin; Joe does not know Shorty.

3. How does Billy become mentally challenged?
(a) He had a brain tumor removed.
(b) He was born with Down's Syndrome.
(c) He suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome.
(d) He is rolled on by a horse as a young boy.

4. Of what does Chee dream?
(a) Of finding the diamonds and the old man.
(b) Having children with Bernie and teaching one of them to be a shaman.
(c) Of becoming a shaman, a holy man, for his people.
(d) Of learning the white man's ways enough to defeat them legally.

5. What does the new law enforcement file contain?
(a) A case of rape and robbery.
(b) A case of blackmail.
(c) A robbery and homicide of a jeweler in the nearby town of Zuni.
(d) A case of embezzlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hal Simmons?

2. What does Shorty have inside a snuff can?

3. What does Billy Tuve try to hock?

4. Why do the Zunis have their rain dance ceremony before their rodeo?

5. Who was Joanna's mother's attorney?

(see the answer key)

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