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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pattern is described on the vase that Ellie is holding in the photograph that Slim shows Bernie in Chapter 15?
(a) A zigzag pattern.
(b) A circular pattern.
(c) A rectangular pattern.
(d) A triangular pattern.

2. What is the name of Slim Jacobs’ guard dog in Chapter 15?
(a) Killer.
(b) Buster.
(c) Princess.
(d) Jack.

3. What kind of car does Bernie borrow from Louisa in Chapter 20?
(a) A Jeep.
(b) A pickup truck.
(c) A Honda sedan.
(d) A Corvette.

4. Who does Chee recall having a map of the Navajo Nation with different crimes marked with different colored pushpins in Chapter 16?
(a) Officer Bigman.
(b) Officer Wheeler.
(c) Joe Leaphorn.
(d) Officer Morris.

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

6. What “miniature fry breads” does Bernie claim to love in Chapter 12?
(a) Tostadas.
(b) Sopapillas.
(c) Pastis.
(d) Pepitas.

7. Why does Bernie tell her mother she doesn’t want to let the cat outside in Chapter 11?
(a) She’s afraid it will get hit by a car.
(b) She worries about stray dogs in the neighborhood.
(c) The cat hasn’t been vaccinated.
(d) She doesn’t like when they kill birds.

8. What gift does Chee give to Bernie in Chapter 11?
(a) A ring.
(b) A watch.
(c) Earrings.
(d) A bracelet.

9. How long does it take Bernie to drive to the Double X Ranch from her house in Chapter 15?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 3 hours.

10. Who does Largo say he’ll have talk to Mrs. Benally instead of Chee in Chapter 16?
(a) Officer Morris.
(b) Officer Bigman.
(c) Officer Wheeler.
(d) Randall Elliot.

11. What title does Bernie call Leaphorn by as opposed to Lieutenant when she speaks to him at the hospital in Chapter 21?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Father.
(c) Brother.
(d) Grandfather.

12. How are Dr. Davis’s gloves described in Chapter 19?
(a) Black silk gloves.
(b) White silk gloves.
(c) Brown leather gloves.
(d) Black cotton gloves.

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

14. Who does Bernie suggest she and Chee talk to about having a sing for Leaphorn at the hospital in Chapter 12?
(a) The neurologist.
(b) The hospital director.
(c) The registration nurse.
(d) The hospital chaplain.

15. Who is the contact that Chee calls that is a former Navajo Police officer and works for the New Mexico museum system in Chapter 13?
(a) Officer Morris.
(b) Rocko Delbert.
(c) Randall Elliot.
(d) Garrison Tsosie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain does the narrator describe in Chapter 15 as resembling a reclining man in a feather headdress or a busty woman?

2. What word from Chapter 15 refers to a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor?

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the jeweler that Dr. Davis says made her bracelet in Chapter 19?

5. On what condition does Mrs. Benally say she will take Chee to Lizard Nez in Chapter 18?

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