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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. How far does the narrator say Albuquerque is from Santa Fe in Chapter 5?

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

3. Chee tells Bernie in Chapter 8 that Mrs. Banally won a big award from the tribal government back when who was president?

4. Who interrogates Jackson Banally in Chapter 8?

5. Where does Agent Cordova ask Bernie to have a meeting with him tomorrow when he calls in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Captain Largo tell Bernie to take a few days off work in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What reference to the novel’s title appears in Chapter 4? How is “Spider Woman” described?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the hypnosis of Bernie in Chapter 12. Who comes to hypnotize Bernie? How is this character described? What questions are asked of Bernie? What new memory does Bernie recall during the hypnosis? How does this help the investigation?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Dr. Maxie Davis in the narrative. How is Dr. Davis connected to Joe Leaphorn, Jackson Benally, Eleanor Friedman-Bernal, and Slim Jacobs? What is Davis’s involvement in the shooting of Leaphorn? How is this revealed?

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