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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 car does Bernie borrow from Louisa in Chapter 20?
2. Dr. Collingsworth tells Bernie that his office will contact her within what time to see what she’s discovered regarding the exceptions from Leaphorn’s report in Chapter 13?
3. What traditional song do Chee and Bernie sing to Leaphorn in Chapter 21?
4. In Leaphorn’s report for Dr. Collingsworth that Bernie discovers in Chapter 12, Leaphorn recommends that the AIRC increate the existing coverage of the McManus collection by what percentage because of the added risk of displaying the collection to AIRC visitors?
5. What title does Bernie call Leaphorn by as opposed to Lieutenant when she speaks to him at the hospital in Chapter 21?
Short Essay Questions
1. What “clue” does Joe Leaphorn relate to Bernie and Chee in Chapter 18?
2. What does Chee discover about the shooting victim in Chapter 16? How does this relate to the Leaphorn case?
3. What does Slim Jacobs tell Bernie about his meeting with Ellie in Chapter 15?
4. What do Bernie and Chee view at the museum while they are at AIRC?
5. How is Leaphorn’s missing AIRC report described in Chapter 12?
6. Why do Bernie and Chee visit Dr. Maxie Davis’s office in Chapter 13? What do they see there?
7. What is the first clue leads to Chee’s discovery of Dr. Davis’s involvement in the crimes in Chapter 19?
8. How is Leaphorn’s condition described in Chapter 12? What request does he make of Chee?
9. How does Dr. Davis describe Ellie’s motivations for undervaluing the Anasazi pots in Chapter 19?
10. What danger(s) do Bernie and Chee face in the climax of the novel? How are they overcome?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the setting of Santa Fe, New Mexico and examine the differences between Santa Fe, Window Rock, and Shiprock in the narrative. How often has Bernie been to Santa Fe? What are her perceptions of the city when she first goes there in Chapter 6? How do Bernie’s perceptions of the city change by the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the events of the shooting that occurs in Chapter 1. Where is Bernie in relation to Leaphorn and the shooter? How much time passes during the crime? What does Bernie do when the shooting occurs? Where does the shooter flee?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the character of Officer Jim Chee in the novel. For how long have Chee and Bernie been married? How would you describe their relationship? What characteristics does Chee exhibit throughout the novel?
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