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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What agreement does Bernie tell her sister that they made in Chapter 11?
(a) For Darleen to get a job at the mill.
(b) For Darleen to marry Richard.
(c) For Darleen to attend nursing school.
(d) For Darleen to get her GED.

2. Who agrees to stay with Bernie’s mother when Bernie leaves to go with Chee to Santa Fe in Chapter 18?
(a) Louisa Bourbonette.
(b) Mr. Darkwater.
(c) Charley Zah.
(d) Dr. Moxsley.

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

4. 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 television.
(b) A refrigerator.
(c) A car.
(d) A house.

5. Chee suggests to Bernie in Chapter 14 that after the case is over they should take a trip where to stay with his relatives and hike and spend a week or two?
(a) Yosemite.
(b) Monument Valley.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Yellowstone.

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

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

8. Which of her college textbooks does Bernie take out and realize it was on the desk of Leaphorn in Chapter 11?
(a) Native Arts of the Southwest: Roots and Routes.
(b) Discrete Mathematics and its Applications.
(c) Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction.
(d) The Art of Public Speaking.

9. Whom does Bernie find sitting in Leaphorn’s hospital room when he returns in the morning to leave in Chapter 18?
(a) Dr. John Collingsworth.
(b) Dr. Moxsley.
(c) Louisa Bourbonette.
(d) Officer Morris.

10. What does Bernie tell Louisa she lost from her car when she returns her keys in Chapter 21?
(a) Her backpack.
(b) Her purse.
(c) Her gun.
(d) Her notebook.

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

12. What is the name of the ranch that Jackson Benally says he works at on weekends in Chapter 14?
(a) The Jackson Day Ranch.
(b) The Double X Ranch.
(c) The Karuk Ranch.
(d) The Double R Ranch.

13. What is the photograph of that accompanies Chee’s message to Bernie that says “Guess where I am” in Chapter 20?
(a) A peony.
(b) A daffodil.
(c) An orchid.
(d) A rose.

14. What word from Chapter 15 refers to a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor?
(a) Arroyo.
(b) Hataalii.
(c) Dinetah.
(d) Bilagáana.

15. Pueblo Bonito was constructed in stages by the ancestral Puebloan peoples between what centuries?
(a) 1100-1250.
(b) 850-1150.
(c) 1200-1350.
(d) 650-800.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernie finds Dr. Davis and Chee at a self-storage facility in what town in Chapter 20?

2. Who is the San Juan County deputy that Chee encounters at the murder site in Chapter 16?

3. Where does Largo tell Chee to go and meet Agent Cordova in the beginning of Chapter 16?

4. As Chee prepares to perform the ceremony for Leaphorn at the hospital in Chapter 18, he calls the daughter of a singer who lived near what community?

5. What is the nickname that Bernie has given to Charlie Zah in the narrative?

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