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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. Where did Officer Bernie drive from for the Monday meeting in Chapter 1?
(a) Gallup.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Shiprock.

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

3. What word from Chapter 4 is the Navajo word referring to traditional healers and doctors?
(a) Hataalii.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Dinetah.
(d) Bilagáana.

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

5. What is the name of the hospital that Bernie goes to in order to visit Leaphorn in Chapter 6?
(a) Christus St. Vincent Hospital.
(b) Santa Fe Ancillary Care Center.
(c) Los Alamos Hospital.
(d) St. Andrew's Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the office manager from the Shiprock station calls Bernie back in Chapter 7, the address that she’s found for the “AL” listing is a residence in what city?

2. Where does the waiter at the café tell Bernie the nearest post office is located in Chapter 7?

3. What is the name of the café where Bernie has lunch in Santa Fe in Chapter 7?

4. Who radios Chee to let him know they have a vehicle that could be the shooter’s in the end of Chapter 2?

5. What had Notah Tsosie been arrested for by Leaphorn, according to the information that Bernie finds in his files in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What possible leads to Bernie and Chee find when they examine Leaphorn’s old files in Chapter 5?

2. Why does Bernie go to Leaphorn’s home in Chapter 4? Who does she discover there?

3. What information does Garrison Tsosie relate to Chee when he is questioned in Chapter 10?

4. What is the last action on the case that Largo asks of Bernie in Chapter 2?

5. What information does Bernie learn from the office manager at the police station in Chapter 7?

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

7. What does Bernie find when she arrives at Joe Leaphorn’s home in Chapter 2?

8. Why does Captain Largo tell Bernie to take a few days off work in Chapter 2?

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

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

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