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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. On what condition does Mrs. Benally say she will take Chee to Lizard Nez in Chapter 18?
2. Who is the contact that Chee calls that is a former Navajo Police officer and works for the New Mexico museum system in Chapter 13?
3. When Chee calls Captain Largo in the beginning of Chapter 14, Largo informs him that the police there have heard from whose ex-wife?
4. What mountain does the narrator describe in Chapter 15 as resembling a reclining man in a feather headdress or a busty woman?
5. What does Bernie tell the AIRC museum receptionist is not working as she and Chee leave in Chapter 13?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Chee learn from the hospital chaplain in Santa Fe in Chapter 18? How does Chee respond?
2. Where do Bernie and Chee spend the night camping in Chapter 14? What potential crime do they learn about at this location?
3. How does Slim Jacobs describe Ellie’s involvement with the vases that were sent to Japan in Chapter 15?
4. What discrepancy is discovered regarding Leaphorn’s reports in Chapter 13?
5. How does Bernie manage to get into the museum to search for Chee in Chapter 20? What does she find there?
6. What does Slim Jacobs tell Bernie about his meeting with Ellie in Chapter 15?
7. What do Bernie and Darleen discuss when Darleen comes home in Chapter 11?
8. What family problems does Bernie face when she visits her mother in Chapter 17?
9. What does Chee discover about the shooting victim in Chapter 16? How does this relate to the Leaphorn case?
10. What “clue” does Joe Leaphorn relate to Bernie and Chee in Chapter 18?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Plot Structure
a. Discuss the plot structure of Spider Woman’s Daughter. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?
b. How does Spider Woman’s Daughter compare with other novels written in the mystery or crime genre? Are there specific stylistic elements that can be seen in Hillerman’s writing?
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