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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. What symbol is on the bracelet of the murder victim in Chapter 16?
(a) Linked circles.
(b) A star.
(c) A circle.
(d) Linked hearts.

2. What kind of cigarettes does Dr. Davis smoke?
(a) Marlboro lights cigarettes.
(b) Skydancer cigarettes.
(c) Camel unfiltered cigarettes.
(d) Applejack cigarettes.

3. Who does Chee recall having a map of the Navajo Nation with different crimes marked with different colored pushpins in Chapter 16?
(a) Officer Bigman.
(b) Joe Leaphorn.
(c) Officer Morris.
(d) Officer Wheeler.

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

5. How long does it take Bernie to drive to the Double X Ranch from her house in Chapter 15?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 30 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain does the narrator describe in Chapter 15 as resembling a reclining man in a feather headdress or a busty woman?

2. What are referred to in Chapter 14 as “the legendary Navajo shape shifters who assumed various animal forms and roamed in the darkness looking for and causing trouble”?

3. Slim tells Bernie in Chapter 15 that he first hired Ellie when she saw her card on a bulletin board at a Laundromat in what town?

4. Who does Bernie call after she leaves the Double X Ranch in the end of Chapter 15?

5. What is the name of the figure from the old Navajo stories that enslaved the Pueblo people by winning their possessions, wives, children, and finally the men themselves, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What danger(s) do Bernie and Chee face in the climax of the novel? How are they overcome?

2. What does Chee learn from the hospital chaplain in Santa Fe in Chapter 18? How does Chee respond?

3. What do Bernie and Chee learn from the secretary at AIRC when they arrive in Chapter 13?

4. Where does Chee meet Agent Cordova in Chapter 16? Why does Cordova say he sent for Chee?

5. What do Bernie and her mother discuss during Bernie’s visit in Chapter 11?

6. How does Chee manage to find the name of EFB Appraisals’ owner and contact information in Chapter 13?

7. How does Bernie manage to track down Chee and Dr. Davis at the storage facility in Chapter 20?

8. How is Leaphorn’s missing AIRC report described in Chapter 12?

9. What do Bernie and Chee view at the museum while they are at AIRC?

10. How does Agent Cordova open the FBI award ceremony meeting in Chapter 22?

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