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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. Whose voice do they hear?
(a) Chandler's.
(b) The old Hopi woman.
(c) Cowboy's.
(d) Chee's.

2. What is an accurate word to describe Chandler?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Placid.
(c) Ruthless.
(d) Easygoing.

3. When Chandler tells Joanna she can have the arm if he can have the diamonds, what is her reply?
(a) She knew he was a double-crossing thief.
(b) She does not care about the diamnods; she just wants the arm.
(c) She wants her share of the diamonds, too.
(d) She would like just a couple diamonds to pay for this trip.

4. Who does Bernie hear as she is about to leave the cave?
(a) Chee.
(b) Cowboy and Chee.
(c) Chandler and Joanna.
(d) Billy Tuve.

5. Who is the Kachina spirit who taught the Hopi not to fear death?
(a) Kachinili.
(b) Osiwa.
(c) Hoopiala.
(d) Matwa or the Skeleton Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bernie start exploring?

2. What does Chandler manage to do while they are talking?

3. What has Chandler given up?

4. What is prohibited in the Park Service boundaries?

5. What does the old shaman who lives on the side of the canyon claim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems surprising in this story at this point in the book?

2. What does Chee find that probably points to future events?

3. How does Hillerman emphasize his attitude towards the "white man"?

4. What reveals Bernie's training as a tribal police woman?

5. Do you see any difference between Chandler and Joanna at this point; after all, she agrees to a "partnership" with him?

6. In Chapter 16, the reader learns more about the Hopi legend of the Skeleton Man, for which the book is named; what is this legend?

7. What so you think is the significance in the different responses to the shaman's body between that of Chandler and Joanna?

8. What seems incongruous about Bernie avoiding looking at the shaman?

9. Why do you think Joanna avoids the violent death that may be awaiting Chandler at the hand of the water?

10. What might be the implications of Bernie and Chee's relationship from the way they are interacting at the end of Chapter 28?

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