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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 mountain does the narrator describe in Chapter 15 as resembling a reclining man in a feather headdress or a busty woman?

2. Why does Chee say he came to the AIRC museum in Chapter 19?

3. What kind of car does Bernie borrow from Louisa in Chapter 20?

4. 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?

5. What is the photograph of that accompanies Chee’s message to Bernie that says “Guess where I am” in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Chee arrive home in Chapter 11? What does he give to Bernie when he comes home?

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

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

4. What does Chee learn from the hospital chaplain in Santa Fe in Chapter 18? How does Chee respond?

5. What does Slim Jacobs tell Bernie about his meeting with Ellie in Chapter 15?

6. Where does Chee meet Agent Cordova in Chapter 16? Why does Cordova say he sent for Chee?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Revenge in Spider Woman’s Daughter

a. Who are the different suspects in the shooting of Joe Leaphorn? What are the motives of each of these suspects?

b. Discuss Dr. Davis’s reasons for committing the crimes she commits in the novel. What are Dr. Davis’s motivations?

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

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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