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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 Bernie’s sister that is described in Chapter 2 as “on the road to becoming a lost young woman”?
(a) Darleen.
(b) Maxie.
(c) Emma.
(d) Ellie.

2. What is the name of the woman that the suspicious car belongs to at the grocery store in Chapter 3?
(a) Louisa Bourbonette.
(b) Dr. Maxie Davis.
(c) Gloria Benally.
(d) Eleanor Friedman-Bernal.

3. What had Route 666 been nicknamed before they changed its number?
(a) The Dark Highway.
(b) The Devil’s Highway.
(c) The Hell Highway.
(d) The Lucky Highway.

4. To whom is the brown envelope addressed at AIRC in Chapter 7?
(a) Rocko Delbert.
(b) Eleanor Friedman-Bernal.
(c) Dr. Maxie Davis.
(d) Dr. John Collingsworth.

5. Who is the first person to call Bernie when she wakes up in Chapter 10?
(a) Officer Wheeler.
(b) Agent Cordova.
(c) Austin Lee.
(d) Officer Bigman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bernie’s mother’s sister live that she describes talking to in Chapter 4?

2. Who in the novel is referred to as “Spider Woman’s daughter”?

3. Who was the suspect in the case from Leaphorn’s investigative files that involved insurance fraud on a rug from the Long Walk in Chapter 5?

4. The woman that Joe Leaphorn lives with holds what profession, according to Officer Bernie in Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Chee learn from Mrs. Tsosie in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Mrs. Benally’s son? Who does Mrs. Benally say her son was with on Monday morning in Chapter 3?

10. How are the contents of Leaphorn’s journal described in Chapter 7?

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