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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 does Plymale say about Joanna Craig?
(a) That she is trouble.
(b) That he could not buy her off.
(c) That she is a pyschic and her deceased father has spoken to her.
(d) That she is determined to bring Playmale down.

2. What does Chandler pull out of a shaving cream container?
(a) A walkie talkie.
(b) A razor.
(c) A .22 pistol.
(d) Two bullets.

3. Who does Joanna bail out of jail?
(a) Joe Lakewater.
(b) Billy Tuve.
(c) William Warhorse.
(d) Billy Too Brave.

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

5. What does Joanna do when she observes Billy get in a car with someone and leave?
(a) Gets out her pistol and follows them.
(b) Goes back to town.
(c) Calls 911.
(d) Calls Joe Leaphorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Joanna Craig searching?

2. As Bernadette Manuelito sweetly remembers things about Jim Chee, what happens?

3. What comparison is made in this first chapter?

4. What does the new law enforcement file contain?

5. What is Brad Chandler doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to be a likely foreshadowing of a coming event?

2. What event is the starting point for what becomes known as the Skeleton Man case?

3. How does the author introduce the Navajo setting and a little of their philosophy?

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

5. When you read that the bail has been suspended for Billy Tuve and why, what is your reaction?

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

7. 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?

8. How does Hillerman use the story of the cat in Chapter 6 for more than one purpose?

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

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

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