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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. Despite how she feels, what does Joanna decide to do?
(a) Look for Billy.
(b) Call for help.
(c) Return back up the trail.
(d) Continue on her quest alone.

2. At whom is Chee staring?
(a) Cowboy Dashee.
(b) Bernie.
(c) Joe Leapman.
(d) Joanna.

3. What does Joanna ask Chandler to do?
(a) To look around and make sure the noise she hears is nothing.
(b) To take the diamonds and leave her the gun.
(c) Stop treating her father's arm so disrespectfully.
(d) To call the helicopter which dropped him in the canyon.

4. What does Bernie ask Joanna?
(a) About having a gun.
(b) About why they are in this cave.
(c) About who the man with her is.
(d) If Joanna is with the man voluntarily.

5. Who does Bernie see cooling his feet in the river?
(a) Chee and Jim.
(b) An old man.
(c) A large, blonde man.
(d) Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two woman hear as they ease off the ledge?

2. Why does Bernie start exploring?

3. What is prohibited in the Park Service boundaries?

4. How does Chandler get to the floor of the canyon?

5. Why doesn't Cowboy need any more water?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Chee view the Colorado river?

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

6. Do you think the scene of Bernie finding the diamonds and arm is anti-climatic and why?

7. What could be a more sinister reason for Chandler giving Joanne back the arm bone of her father?

8. What do you think Joanna's decision to continue down to the canyon floor indicates?

9. In Chapter 18, the Arizona death penalty is again mentioned as a reason to make a murder look accidental; does this seem like something a criminal would really be thinking?

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

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