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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. 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?
2. Who is the FBI agent that arrives to question Officer Bernie Manuelito after the shooting in Chapter 1?
3. What word in Chapter 6 refers to freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations and suffering in Hinduism?
4. Where does Chee say Leaphorn has been transferred to a different hospital when he calls her at her mother’s house in Chapter 4?
5. At what elevation is Shiprock, New Mexico said to be at in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does Bernie learn from the office manager at the police station in Chapter 7?
2. How do Jackson Benally’s story and alibi change during his interrogation in Chapter 8?
3. What is Jackson Benally’s final alibi that he gives during his interrogation in Chapter 8?
4. How are the contents of Leaphorn’s journal described in Chapter 7?
5. What information about Leaphorn does Bernie relate to the FBI agent that arrives on the crime scene in Chapter 1?
6. How does Bernie come to witness the crime that takes place in Chapter 1? What does she witness?
7. What is an example of foreshadowing that takes place in Chapter 6? What does it foretell?
8. What reference to the novel’s title appears in Chapter 4? How is “Spider Woman” described?
9. How does Dr. Collingsworth respond to the contents of the envelope that Bernie delivers to him in Chapter 7?
10. What information does Garrison Tsosie relate to Chee when he is questioned in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Darleen in the novel. How much younger is Darleen than her sister Bernie? How are Darleen and Bernie similar? How are they different? Why does Darleen’s behavior in the novel create tension in Bernie’s family?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Gloria Benally in the narrative. Where is Mrs. Benally when she is first introduced? How does Mrs. Benally interact with the police officers? Why is Mrs. Benally ruled out as a suspect in the shooting?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of family in Spider Woman’s Daughter. How is this theme illustrated through Bernie’s mother and sister? What relationship does Chee have with his family? How is “family” related to “clan” within the Navajo Nation?
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