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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Brad Chandler doing?
(a) He is heading down into the canyon on a copter.
(b) He is tailing Joanna.
(c) He is at the canyon rim, reviewing his preparations.
(d) He is driving to Santa Fe to make contact with his employer.

2. What does Plymale want Chandler to do?
(a) Kill Billy Tuve.
(b) Find Joe Clarke's left arm.
(c) Find the rest of the diamonds.
(d) Kill Joanna Craig.

3. What did John Clarke have in his possession on the aircraft?
(a) A million dollars in counterfeit hundred dollar bills.
(b) A case of diamonds handcuffed to his wrist.
(c) A kilo of cocaine.
(d) Four pounds of meth.

4. For what is Joanna Craig searching?
(a) A fossil of a rare mollusk.
(b) Missing diamonds.
(c) Artifacts from a heretofore unknown native American tribe.
(d) Her father's body.

5. Where are Chee and Bernie meeting the others?
(a) Tuba City.
(b) Joanna's hotel room.
(c) The canyon floor.
(d) The jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hal Simmons?

2. With whom does Joanna partner to go after Plymale?

3. Who is Billy Tuve?

4. What does Louisa tell Joe that he should have thought about himself?

5. What do both Jim and Chee question about Joanna's purse?

Short Essay Questions

1. At this point in the story, do you believe it when Joanna says that she seeks only her father's arm to end his pain in the afterlife and is not interested in the diamonds?

2. There are several inconsistencies in Chapter 13; name one of them.

3. What allusion to the allegory of Cat story is contained in Chapter 13?

4. How is the story about Cat an allegory for what Chee has encountered in his life?

5. The focus on the possibility of rain continues in this chapter; name several hints that the weather may play a role in the story.

6. How are Chandler and Plymale archetypes of the type of white man that imposed their way upon Native Americans?

7. What story does Shorty tell that is the motivation for the setting moving to the floor of the Grand Canyon?

8. Why do you think Fred Sherman, an ex-cop, is introduced as another "bad" guy?

9. How does Joe illustrate his thoughts about events arising from a complex and often invisible series of causes and effects?

10. Why do you think Hillerman introduces a character, Louisa Berbonette, in Chapter 5, who plays no part in the rest of the story?

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