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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 kind of pattern is described on the vase that Ellie is holding in the photograph that Slim shows Bernie in Chapter 15?

2. What is the name of the ranch that Jackson Benally says he works at on weekends in Chapter 14?

3. What agreement does Bernie tell her sister that they made in Chapter 11?

4. Who is Chee’s uncle that he wishes could see the artifacts at the AIRC museum in Chapter 13?

5. Who is the woman next to Ellie in the photograph that Slim shows Bernie in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Leaphorn’s condition described in Chapter 12? What request does he make of Chee?

2. How does Bernie manage to get into the museum to search for Chee in Chapter 20? What does she find there?

3. What information does Louisa relate to Chee when she sees him in the hospital in Chapter 18?

4. What discrepancy is discovered regarding Leaphorn’s reports in Chapter 13?

5. What happens when Bernie locates Dr. Davis and Chee in Chapter 20?

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 Slim Jacobs describe Ellie’s involvement with the vases that were sent to Japan in Chapter 15?

8. What does Chee discover about the shooting victim in Chapter 16? How does this relate to the Leaphorn case?

9. What “clue” does Joe Leaphorn relate to Bernie and Chee in Chapter 18?

10. What do Bernie and her mother discuss during Bernie’s visit in Chapter 11?

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

Culture and Tradition in Spider Woman’s Daughter

a. Discuss the ways that Navajo culture differs from white culture as seen in the novel. How do Bernie and Chee and the other Navajo characters view white and white traditions?

b. How do the themes of culture and tradition apply to the Anasazi pottery and the Navajo rugs that are illustrated throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Bernie and Chee’s thoughts on Louisa’s phone call in Chapter 5. Why do Bernie and Chee believe that Louisa is not responsible for the shooting of Leaphorn? What clues indicate otherwise? How does Louisa’s character evolve through the suspects’ list in the course of the story?

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