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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 is described on Bernie’s journey in Chapter 6 as “the little settlement west of Farmington”?
2. What is the name of the “favorite meeting place for cops” that Joe and the other policemen are eating at in Chapter 1?
3. What does Mrs. Tsosie say her son Garrison’s girlfriend’s name is in Chapter 10?
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?
5. Where does Louisa say she’s going for a conference in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What possible leads to Bernie and Chee find when they examine Leaphorn’s old files in Chapter 5?
2. What do Bernie and Chee make of the phone call from Louisa in Chapter 5?
3. How do Jackson Benally’s story and alibi change during his interrogation in Chapter 8?
4. What is an example of foreshadowing that takes place in Chapter 6? What does it foretell?
5. What is the last action on the case that Largo asks of Bernie in Chapter 2?
6. What information does Bernie learn from the office manager at the police station in Chapter 7?
7. How are the contents of Leaphorn’s journal described in Chapter 7?
8. What information about Leaphorn does Bernie relate to the FBI agent that arrives on the crime scene in Chapter 1?
9. What does Agent Cordova relate when he calls Bernie in Chapter 9? How does Chee respond?
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
Describe and analyze the character of Officer Jim Chee in the novel. For how long have Chee and Bernie been married? How would you describe their relationship? What characteristics does Chee exhibit throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the setting of Santa Fe, New Mexico and examine the differences between Santa Fe, Window Rock, and Shiprock in the narrative. How often has Bernie been to Santa Fe? What are her perceptions of the city when she first goes there in Chapter 6? How do Bernie’s perceptions of the city change by the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrative style of Spider Woman’s Daughter. Is the story related from a first, second, or third-person narrator? Is the narrator involved in the action? Is the narrator’s perspective omniscient or limited? What effect does each of these choices have on the reader?
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