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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 is the name of the man that nearly killed Eleanor Friedman-Bernal many years ago, according to the narrator in Chapter 16?

2. When Chee calls Captain Largo in the beginning of Chapter 14, Largo informs him that the police there have heard from whose ex-wife?

3. What term from Chapter 15 refers to a Basket Maker in the Pueblo culture of the plateau region of northern Arizona and New Mexico?

4. Who does Captain Largo say is going on vacation in Chapter 17, thus causing the staff at Shiprock to be short?

5. What message from Agent Cordova does the nurse at the hospital relay to Chee and Bernie when they arrive in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Agent Cordova open the FBI award ceremony meeting in Chapter 22?

5. Where do Bernie and Chee spend the night camping in Chapter 14? What potential crime do they learn about at this location?

6. How does Bernie manage to track down Chee and Dr. Davis at the storage facility in Chapter 20?

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

8. How does Chee manage to find the name of EFB Appraisals’ owner and contact information in Chapter 13?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family in Spider Woman’s Daughter. How is this theme illustrated through Bernie’s mother and sister? What relationship does Chee have with his family? How is “family” related to “clan” within the Navajo Nation?

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

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?

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