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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name has the office manager at the Shiprock station found for the “AL” listing given to her by Bernie in Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of the neurologist that is running tests on Joe Leaphorn when Bernie arrives at the hospital in Chapter 6?

3. What does Mrs. Tsosie say her son Garrison’s girlfriend’s name is in Chapter 10?

4. What does Bernie order for lunch at the café in Chapter 7?

5. When Bernie returns home from her morning run in Chapter 10, she’s received a voice message from a man who rents a house from whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What inner conflict does Bernie face in the beginning of Chapter 7? How is it resolved?

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

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

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

10. What do Bernie and Chee make of the phone call from Louisa in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Captain Largo in the novel. What is Bernie’s relationship like with her boss? How does Largo know Leaphorn? Why does Largo choose to take Bernie off the investigation into Leaphorn’s shooting?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the settings of Fort Defiance and Toadlena. Where are these settings in relation to Shiprock and Window Rock? How populous is the area where Bernie’s mother lives? How does Bernie compare this area with her own neighborhood?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events of the shooting that occurs in Chapter 1. Where is Bernie in relation to Leaphorn and the shooter? How much time passes during the crime? What does Bernie do when the shooting occurs? Where does the shooter flee?

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