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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Officer Bernie say the suspect who shot Joe Leaphorn went after the shooting in Chapter 1?
(a) North on 666.
(b) South on 143.
(c) West on 264.
(d) East on 180.

2. Who is Bernie’s sister that is described in Chapter 2 as “on the road to becoming a lost young woman”?
(a) Emma.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Maxie.
(d) Darleen.

3. Who in the novel is referred to as “Spider Woman’s daughter”?
(a) Mrs. Benally.
(b) Louisa Bourbonette.
(c) Bernie.
(d) Dr. Maxie Davis.

4. Joe Leaphorn is described in Chapter 1 as a retired police lieutenant of what force?
(a) Santa Fe Police.
(b) Gallup Police.
(c) Cuba Police.
(d) Navaho Police.

5. Where does Louisa tell Chee and Bernie she’s calling from in Chapter 5?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) Toadlena.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) Crownpoint.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does the narrator say Albuquerque is from Santa Fe in Chapter 5?

2. What word in Chapter 6 refers to freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations and suffering in Hinduism?

3. What is Chee’s Navajo name translated to English, according to Bernie in Chapter 4?

4. Where does Chee say they’ve helicoptered Leaphorn to a bigger hospital in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the woman that the suspicious car belongs to at the grocery store in Chapter 3?

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