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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 the first thing Bernie sees as she looks in the cave/rain slot?
(a) A small campfire.
(b) Joanna's corpse.
(c) The mummified remains of the Shaman.
(d) A pile of diamonds.

2. What is prohibited in the Park Service boundaries?
(a) Flares.
(b) Non-domesticated farm animals.
(c) Guns.
(d) Fires.

3. Why does Bernie start exploring?
(a) She hears a sound in the brush.
(b) She becomes intrigued by the natural beauty around the area.
(c) She hears someone whistling.
(d) She sees a man on a ledge.

4. Where are the tracks?
(a) On two parallel horizontal trails.
(b) On the same trail, but one going up and one coming down.
(c) On two parallel vertical trails.
(d) On the same trail and same direction but not made at the same time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite how she feels, what does Joanna decide to do?

2. Who knows that Billy is with Sherman?

3. Who does Joanna encounter as she is walking up the slope?

4. Where does Chandler position himself?

5. Why does Chee call the Park Service?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Joanna passes Chandler's hiding place, he calmly confronts her--why do you think she is so careless after having spotted Chandler on the canyon floor earlier?

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

3. Why do you think Hillerman has Tuve disappear?

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

5. What theme seems to come to fruition in this chapter?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Why do you think Cowboy Dashee is part of this story since it seems he did not contribute much in previous chapters and he is now out of the story because of his ankle?

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