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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) Return back up the trail.
(b) Continue on her quest alone.
(c) Call for help.
(d) Look for Billy.

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

3. Where does Chandler position himself?
(a) In the brush next to the top of the trail.
(b) Above the trail where Joanna will be descending.
(c) So he can observe the last 100 yards of the trail.
(d) Hidden in the brush on the riverbank.

4. How does Bernie reassure Joanna?
(a) She says Chandler is gone forever and they still have Joanna's pistol.
(b) She says the water is gone forever.
(c) She says she can hear Chee yelling for her.
(d) She says she can hear a police siren on a helicopter.

5. What is wrong with Cowboy Dashee?
(a) He is shot by Chandler.
(b) He broke his wrist.
(c) He got bit by a rattler.
(d) He broke his ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Joanna reluctant to climb off the ledge when Bernie thinks it is safe?

2. When does Mary become cooperative with Bernie?

3. Where is Bernie assigned to stay?

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

5. What does Joanna try to convince Chandler to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Hillerman use Bernie for and why?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What do you think is the purpose in Chapter 15 of the narrator reiterating many facts already known to the reader?

9. 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?

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

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