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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. Where does Largo tell Chee to go and meet Agent Cordova in the beginning of Chapter 16?
2. Who is Chee’s uncle that he wishes could see the artifacts at the AIRC museum in Chapter 13?
3. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 12 that means the place or source of origin?
4. 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?
5. Where is the FBI’s award ceremony held in Chapter 22?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Bernie and her mother discuss during Bernie’s visit in Chapter 11?
2. Why do Bernie and Chee visit Dr. Maxie Davis’s office in Chapter 13? What do they see there?
3. How does Bernie manage to track down Chee and Dr. Davis at the storage facility in Chapter 20?
4. How does Agent Cordova open the FBI award ceremony meeting in Chapter 22?
5. What do Bernie and Chee learn from the secretary at AIRC when they arrive in Chapter 13?
6. Where do Bernie and Chee spend the night camping in Chapter 14? What potential crime do they learn about at this location?
7. How does Bernie manage to get into the museum to search for Chee in Chapter 20? What does she find there?
8. What is the first clue leads to Chee’s discovery of Dr. Davis’s involvement in the crimes in Chapter 19?
9. How is Leaphorn’s condition described in Chapter 12? What request does he make of Chee?
10. How does Dr. Davis describe Ellie’s motivations for undervaluing the Anasazi pots in Chapter 19?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of tradition and culture in Spider Woman’s Daughter. How is tradition perceived by Bernie and Chee and others within the Navajo Nation? How does Darleen differ in her views of tradition and culture? In what ways do the traditions and cultures of the Navajos clash with those of the whites in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Bernie’s findings for AIRC in Leaphorn’s computer files in Chapter 12. What does Bernie find interesting about Leaphorn’s report for AIRC? What exceptions are listed? Why are they noteworthy? How do these findings further the investigation and the plot of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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