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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernie order for lunch at the café in Chapter 7?
(a) Beef fajitas.
(b) Potato soup.
(c) Goat stew.
(d) Beans and rice.

2. Who calls Bernie from AIRC in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Maxie Davis.
(b) Jackson Benally.
(c) Rocko Delbert.
(d) Dr. John Collingsworth.

3. Who is the next-door neighbor that Bernie calls to come over and sit with her mother until her sister returns home in Chapter 4?
(a) Eleanor Friedman-Bernal.
(b) Louisa Bourbonette.
(c) Austin Lee.
(d) Stella Darkwater.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Chee receives a call to come in early to the office because they’ve received what report?
(a) The fingerprints report on the car.
(b) The background report on Jackson Benally.
(c) The criminal history report of Joe Leaphorn.
(d) The toxicology report of Joe Leaphorn.

5. Bernie stops at a convenience store on the way to her mother’s house that is located where in Chapter 10?
(a) US 491 and Navajo Route 18.
(b) US 23 and Navajo Route 24.
(c) US 643 and Navajo Route 10.
(d) US 345 and Navajo Route 12.

6. What is Leonard Nez’s nickname in the novel?
(a) Lenny.
(b) Lizard.
(c) Nezzie.
(d) Leo.

7. What term in Chapter 3 is the Navajo name for white people?
(a) Nirvana.
(b) Hataalii.
(c) Dinetah.
(d) Bilagáana.

8. Agent Cordova calls Bernie in Chapter 9 to set up a meeting with her and whom?
(a) A lie detector tech.
(b) Leonard Nez.
(c) Officer Wheeler.
(d) A hypnotist.

9. How many times before does the narrator say Bernie had been to Santa Fe in Chapter 6?
(a) 3.
(b) Countless times.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

10. How far does the narrator say Albuquerque is from Santa Fe in Chapter 5?
(a) An hour drive.
(b) A 4-hour drive.
(c) A 2-hour drive.
(d) A half-hour drive.

11. Where does Chee say Leaphorn has been transferred to a different hospital when he calls her at her mother’s house in Chapter 4?
(a) Shiprock.
(b) Toadlena.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) Santa Fe.

12. Where does Agent Cordova ask Bernie to have a meeting with him tomorrow when he calls in Chapter 9?
(a) Shiprock.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Crownpoint.
(d) Albuquerque.

13. Who was the suspect in the case from Leaphorn’s investigative files that involved insurance fraud on a rug from the Long Walk in Chapter 5?
(a) Leonard Nez.
(b) Delos.
(c) Randall Elliot.
(d) Charley Zah.

14. How old does the car’s owner at the grocery store parking lot say her son is in Chapter 3?
(a) 17.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

15. Who is described in Joe Leaphorn’s case files as having “killed a Utah rancher, and almost killed a woman he worked with” before disappearing, in Chapter 5?
(a) Charley Zah.
(b) Leonard Nez.
(c) Delos.
(d) Randall Elliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the receptionist at AIRC that shows Bernie through the museum in Chapter 7?

2. Where did Officer Bernie drive from for the Monday meeting in Chapter 1?

3. Who is Bernie’s sister that is described in Chapter 2 as “on the road to becoming a lost young woman”?

4. What is the name of the café where Bernie has lunch in Santa Fe in Chapter 7?

5. What had Route 666 been nicknamed before they changed its number?

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