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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Bernie assigned to stay?
(a) At the foot of the sacred Hopi Salt Trail that leads to the Salt Woman Shrine.
(b) In the base camp.
(c) In a small cave hidden by brush.
(d) At a Hopi tent site.

2. Who leads Joanna down the most dangerous part of the trail and leaves her some water?
(a) Bernie.
(b) Joe.
(c) Billy Tuve.
(d) Sherman.

3. What does Chandler surmise about Joanna?
(a) She must be the one who shot Sherman and likely has a gun.
(b) She is too timid to use her gun.
(c) She is probably not alone.
(d) She probably killed Billy Tuve.

4. Where does Chandler position himself?
(a) Hidden in the brush on the riverbank.
(b) So he can observe the last 100 yards of the trail.
(c) Above the trail where Joanna will be descending.
(d) In the brush next to the top of the trail.

5. Why does Bernie know how to use the pistol?
(a) She says she is a policewoman.
(b) She learned shooting from her grandfather.
(c) She served in the Army branch of the military police.
(d) She just got certified to carry a concealed weapon.

6. Who does Bernie see holding the arm and gun?
(a) Joanna.
(b) Neither has the arm; it is still lying by the snuff cans.
(c) Chandler.
(d) Chandler has the gun; Joanna has the arm.

7. Who is waiting when Bernie returns to where she was to stay?
(a) An old Hopi woman.
(b) Billy.
(c) Joanna.
(d) Chee and Jim.

8. What concerns Chee as he is following Bernie's tracks?
(a) There are mountain lion tracks on the trail.
(b) Whether he'll be able to follow them on the bare rockface.
(c) There are two other sets of tracks on the same trail.
(d) There is a fresh track obviously made by a huge man.

9. What is wrong with Cowboy Dashee?
(a) He broke his wrist.
(b) He got bit by a rattler.
(c) He broke his ankle.
(d) He is shot by Chandler.

10. What does Chandler do when Joanna passes his hiding place?
(a) He shoots her.
(b) He trips her and she falls the rest of the way down the trail.
(c) He knocks her out with a rock.
(d) He calmly confronts her.

11. What do the two woman hear as they ease off the ledge?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) A voice.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) A horse neighing.

12. How does Chandler respond to Joanna's entreaty?
(a) Says there might still be danger.
(b) Says the diamonds are all his.
(c) Says he can't leave her as a witness.
(d) Says he can't trust that she will actually give him another million.

13. How does Chandler get to the floor of the canyon?
(a) By helicopter.
(b) By mule.
(c) Walking.
(d) On an ATV.

14. On what errand does Chandler send Joanna?
(a) To find the third person in the cave.
(b) To count the diamonds.
(c) To go outside and check the weather.
(d) To find something in which to collect all the diamonds.

15. How does Bernie reassure Joanna?
(a) She says Chandler is gone forever and they still have Joanna's pistol.
(b) She says the water is gone forever.
(c) She says she can hear a police siren on a helicopter.
(d) She says she can hear Chee yelling for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are other significant finds that Bernie makes?

2. What does Chee think probably happens to Chandler?

3. What is the first thing Bernie sees as she looks in the cave/rain slot?

4. What is prohibited in the Park Service boundaries?

5. What does Joanna ask Chandler to do?

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