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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How tall is Officer Bernie said to be in Chapter 1?
(a) 5’2”.
(b) 6'.
(c) 5’7”.
(d) 5’5”.

3. Who does Chee say found Leaphorn’s cat in Chapter 8?
(a) Officer Bigman.
(b) Captain Largo.
(c) Randall Elliot.
(d) Charley Zah.

4. 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) Albuquerque.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Shiprock.
(d) Toadlena.

5. Dr. Collingsworth tells Bernie in Chapter 7 that AIRC has been approached by what foundation?
(a) The Bernlieb Stuart Foundation.
(b) The Anderson Wilson Foundation.
(c) The Grove McManus Foundation.
(d) The Waltman-Peters Foundation.

6. Bernie tells the individual from AIRC that some of the designs in Leaphorn’s notebook appear like something you’d see on what, in Chapter 10?
(a) Mexican pottery.
(b) Karuk pottery.
(c) Navajo rugs.
(d) Pueblo pottery.

7. Who radios Chee to let him know they have a vehicle that could be the shooter’s in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Officer Bigman.
(b) Officer Morris.
(c) Captain Largo.
(d) Officer Wheeler.

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

9. What word from Chapter 10 refers to the consideration of some subject, or to engage in contemplation about man’s destiny?
(a) Culmination.
(b) Association.
(c) Cultivation.
(d) Speculation.

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

11. Who is the first person to call Bernie when she wakes up in Chapter 10?
(a) Officer Bigman.
(b) Agent Cordova.
(c) Officer Wheeler.
(d) Austin Lee.

12. Where does Largo tell Chee to work on the case because it’s less hectic at that office in Chapter 3?
(a) The Shiprock office.
(b) The Albuquerque office.
(c) The Window Rock office.
(d) The Santa Fe office.

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

14. What is said to be Bernie’s college alma mater in Chapter 3?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) University of Arizona.
(c) University of Colorado.
(d) University of New Mexico.

15. Where does Bernie’s mother live in the novel?
(a) Albuquerque.
(b) Toadlena.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Shiprock.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what elevation is Shiprock, New Mexico said to be at in Chapter 5?

2. What does the narrator say Bernie’s Navajo name is in Chapter 2?

3. What initials are written down for a twelve-thirty meeting on the Friday before the shooting in Leaphorn’s journal in Chapter 9?

4. What does Bernie not find in Louisa’s room in Chapter 2?

5. Where does Darleen say she found her mother when she calls Chee back in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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