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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the store owner at the convenience store that Bernie stops at on her way to her mother’s in Chapter 10?
(a) Leonard Nez.
(b) Leo Crowder.
(c) Rocko Delbert.
(d) Austin Lee.

2. Chee tells Bernie in Chapter 8 that Mrs. Banally won a big award from the tribal government back when who was president?
(a) Joe Shirley Jr.
(b) Austin Lee.
(c) Captain Largo.
(d) Rocko Delbert.

3. 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 Wheeler.
(b) Officer Morris.
(c) Officer Bigman.
(d) Captain Largo.

4. Where does the waiter at the café tell Bernie the nearest post office is located in Chapter 7?
(a) Columbus Street.
(b) Jackson Street.
(c) Smith Street.
(d) Pacheco Street.

5. Who is Jim Chee’s uncle that Bernie had last visited in the hospital, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) Hosteen Nakai.
(b) Rocko Delbert.
(c) Randall Elliot.
(d) Austin Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Officer Bernie say the suspect who shot Joe Leaphorn went after the shooting in Chapter 1?

2. How tall is Officer Bernie said to be in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of the woman that Joe Leaphorn lives with?

4. Who is the grounds-man that greets Bernie in a traditional Navajo greeting at AIRC in Chapter 7?

5. By what river is Bernie’s house located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jackson Benally’s final alibi that he gives during his interrogation in Chapter 8?

2. How does Dr. Collingsworth respond to the contents of the envelope that Bernie delivers to him in Chapter 7?

3. What reference to the novel’s title appears in Chapter 4? How is “Spider Woman” described?

4. What is an example of foreshadowing that takes place in Chapter 6? What does it foretell?

5. What new lead does Chee tell Bernie about in Chapter 9? How is the suspect tied to Leaphorn?

6. Where is Chee going in the beginning of Chapter 6? Why? What does he remark about their leads before he leaves?

7. What information about Leaphorn does Bernie relate to the FBI agent that arrives on the crime scene in Chapter 1?

8. Why do Chee and Bernie go to Bashas’ grocery store in Chapter 3? What do they discover when they arrive?

9. What is the setting of Chapter 1? Who is in attendance at the meeting that takes place in this chapter?

10. Why does Chee stop at Earl’s Restaurant in Chapter 10? What does Chee do there?

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