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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. After the flooding stops, what does Chee do?
(a) Goes to look for Bernie.
(b) Radios for help.
(c) Goes back to check on Cowboy.
(d) Waits to see if Bernie comes out of the slot.

2. What concerns Chee as he is following Bernie's tracks?
(a) There is a fresh track obviously made by a huge man.
(b) There are mountain lion tracks on the trail.
(c) There are two other sets of tracks on the same trail.
(d) Whether he'll be able to follow them on the bare rockface.

3. Where is Bernie assigned to stay?
(a) At a Hopi tent site.
(b) In the base camp.
(c) In a small cave hidden by brush.
(d) At the foot of the sacred Hopi Salt Trail that leads to the Salt Woman Shrine.

4. What is a violation of FAA law?
(a) Flying a helicopter over sacred Hopi lands.
(b) Landing a helicopter at the Phoenix airport.
(c) Landing on the canyon floor.
(d) Landing a helicopter within a thousand feet of a sacred monument.

5. 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 would like just a couple diamonds to pay for this trip.
(c) She does not care about the diamnods; she just wants the arm.
(d) She wants her share of the diamonds, too.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bernie do while hiding from Chandler and Joanna?

2. Where do Bernie and Joanna find refuge from the flood?

3. Who leads Joanna down the most dangerous part of the trail and leaves her some water?

4. Who does Bernie see cooling his feet in the river?

5. What has Chandler given up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chee view the Colorado river?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What do you think may be Chandler's ultimate end in this saga?

7. When the old Hopi woman warns Bernie that she shouldn't be there, the woman then warms up to her; why do you think this is?

8. How does Chandler unconsciously give away his intentions in the scene where he and Joanna discover the snuff cans?

9. What does Hillerman use Bernie for and why?

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

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