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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) Austin Lee.
(b) Rocko Delbert.
(c) Leo Crowder.
(d) Leonard Nez.

2. Who interrogates Jackson Banally in Chapter 8?
(a) Officer Chee.
(b) Officer Bigman.
(c) Officer Morris.
(d) Officer Wheeler.

3. What does Bernie surmise “WR” stands for in Leaphorn’s cryptic journal in Chapter 7?
(a) Window Rock.
(b) Water Race.
(c) Wind River.
(d) Warner Rodeo.

4. Who is described in Joe Leaphorn’s case files as having “killed a Utah rancher, and almost killed a woman he worked with” before disappearing, in Chapter 5?
(a) Delos.
(b) Randall Elliot.
(c) Leonard Nez.
(d) Charley Zah.

5. How far will Bernie be driving to visit Joe Leaphorn (each way) at the hospital in Chapter 5?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet does Bernie take from Leaphorn’s house in Chapter 4?

2. What is the name of the new suspect that has a record and a motive in Chapter 9?

3. What word from Chapter 10 refers to the consideration of some subject, or to engage in contemplation about man’s destiny?

4. What does the narrator say Bernie’s Navajo name is in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the hospital that Bernie goes to in order to visit Leaphorn in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Louisa say to Bernie and Chee when she calls in Chapter 5?

4. To what different locations does Officer Chee go in order to track down Garrison Tsosie in Chapter 10?

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

6. What does Agent Cordova relate when he calls Bernie in Chapter 9? How does Chee respond?

7. What does Bernie learn from Joe Leaphorn’s neurologist in Chapter 6?

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

9. How does Bernie come to witness the crime that takes place in Chapter 1? What does she witness?

10. What does Bernie discover when she arrives at her mother’s house in Chapter 4?

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