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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 12 means having no usefulness aside from beauty, ornamentation, etc.?
(a) Utilitarian.
(b) Nonutilitarian.
(c) Alliterative.
(d) Jacobean.

2. In Leaphorn’s report for Dr. Collingsworth that Bernie discovers in Chapter 12, Leaphorn recommends that the AIRC increate the existing coverage of the McManus collection by what percentage because of the added risk of displaying the collection to AIRC visitors?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 15%.

3. Dr. Collingsworth tells Bernie that his office will contact her within what time to see what she’s discovered regarding the exceptions from Leaphorn’s report in Chapter 13?
(a) 48 hours.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 24 hours.

4. What does the narrator say Bernie’s favorite classes had been in college in Chapter 11?
(a) Geology and drama.
(b) Botany and southwestern anthropology.
(c) English literature and art history.
(d) History and European art.

5. What is the name of the figure from the old Navajo stories that enslaved the Pueblo people by winning their possessions, wives, children, and finally the men themselves, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The Great Ghost.
(b) The Sly Fox.
(c) The Great Chief.
(d) The Great Gambler.

6. In the beginning of Chapter 15, Bernie tells Chee that Largo called him and asked him to go where to talk to Mrs. Benally?
(a) Shiprock.
(b) Window Rock.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) Huerfano Mesa.

7. Who does Captain Largo say is going on vacation in Chapter 17, thus causing the staff at Shiprock to be short?
(a) Officer Chee.
(b) Officer Morris.
(c) Officer Bigman.
(d) Officer Wheeler.

8. Where does Largo tell Chee to go and meet Agent Cordova in the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Huerfano Mesa.
(b) Chaco Canyon.
(c) The Navaho Inn.
(d) Albuquerque.

9. What word of Spanish origin refers to a large landed estate, particularly one used for ranching or farming?
(a) Hacienda.
(b) Hataalii.
(c) Bilagáana.
(d) Domingo.

10. At what time does Marjorie tell Bernie Dr. Collingsworth will be back in his office in Chapter 20?
(a) 10:00.
(b) 12:00.
(c) 8:00.
(d) 11:00.

11. Marjorie allows Bernie and Chee into the AIRC museum in order to view what artifact in Chapter 13?
(a) The Redware Wedding Vase.
(b) The Maria Martinez vase.
(c) The Hosteen Klah rug.
(d) The Dine saddle blanket.

12. What does Louisa tell Bernie is in her glove compartment in the car she loans her in Chapter 20?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her purse.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

13. Who is the woman next to Ellie in the photograph that Slim shows Bernie in Chapter 15?
(a) Louisa Bourbonette.
(b) Stella Darkwater.
(c) Dr. Maxie Davis.
(d) Mrs. Benally.

14. The small town of Cuba is described in Chapter 14 as being known for what beloved New Mexican restaurant, according to the narrator in Chapter 14?
(a) Poncelita’s.
(b) El Bruno’s.
(c) La Quesa.
(d) The Navaho Inn.

15. Bernie’s mother shows her one of her rugs in an auction magazine and compares the opening bidding on the rug as enough money to buy what, in Chapter 17?
(a) A house.
(b) A refrigerator.
(c) A car.
(d) A television.

Short Answer Questions

1. What design does Bernie recall on the bracelet of the shooter during the hypnotism in Chapter 12?

2. What does Dr. Davis reveal about the Anasazi pots that were sent to Japan in Chapter 19?

3. What PBS television show is alluded to as Bernie considers artifact valuation in Chapter 12?

4. What are referred to in Chapter 14 as “the legendary Navajo shape shifters who assumed various animal forms and roamed in the darkness looking for and causing trouble”?

5. What word from Chapter 18 refers to a feeling of anticipation or anxiety over a future event?

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