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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 does Bernie tell the AIRC museum receptionist is not working as she and Chee leave in Chapter 13?

2. Where does Agent Cordova say the FBI tracked down Leonard Nez at a rodeo in Chapter 21?

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

4. What does Dr. Davis reveal about the Anasazi pots that were sent to Japan in Chapter 19?

5. Pueblo Bonito was constructed in stages by the ancestral Puebloan peoples between what centuries?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Captain Largo call Chee in the beginning of Chapter 16? Where does he tell Chee to go?

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

3. What takes place when Bernie goes to Santa Fe to be hypnotized in Chapter 12?

4. What do Bernie and Chee learn from the secretary at AIRC when they arrive in Chapter 13?

5. Why do Bernie and Chee visit Dr. Maxie Davis’s office in Chapter 13? What do they see there?

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

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

8. What clue leads Bernie to AIRC to look for Chee in Chapter 20? What does she find when she arrives?

9. How is Leaphorn’s missing AIRC report described in Chapter 12?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Jackson Benally and his interrogation in Chapter 8. Where does Jackson first say he was during the crime? How does his story change? Do any of Jackson’s alibis stand up for him?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the American Indian Resource Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Navajo artist Hosteen Klah. When was the AIRC established? What exhibits do they present to the public and privately? What is the significance of the Klah rug in the story?

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