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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Elogio Santillanes y Jimenez is murdered when Fleck reads about him?
(a) 31 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 42 days.
(d) 29 days.

2. What is a song on the recorder found on Highhawk?
(a) A song from a Zuni Rain Dance.
(b) A song from the Night Chant.
(c) There are no songs; just talking.
(d) An explanation about why he killed Yoakum.

3. How does Leaphorn learn the killer's address?
(a) Through the Washington, D. C. police.
(b) From Henry Highhawk.
(c) By a pharmacist.
(d) Through a want ad circled in the paper on the victim.

4. Why is Highhawk unwilling to accept what Janet tells him?
(a) He believes he is being framed.
(b) He wants to be seen as a militant Indian.
(c) He believes what he did was not illegal.
(d) He is willing to accept the plea bargain.

5. What does Chee wonder about the Yeibichai mask?
(a) If the museum knows it is a fake.
(b) How the museum came to own such a sacred object.
(c) If the mask is one of the objects Highhawk robbed from a grave.
(d) Why they would put a Yeibichai mask on a manikin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What myth do the surreal drawings represent that Chee studies in Highhawk's office?

2. How is Highhawk killed?

3. Who goes with Leaphorn to Union Station?

4. What is the name of the exhibit Highhawk is setting up?

5. Who is coming to visit the Smithsonian?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does Chee have breakfast and what amazes Chee?

2. Who comes to Leaphorn's hotel room and what do they want and how does Leaphorn handle the situation?

3. How does Fleck's childhood lesson serve him while he is in prison and as a hired killer?

4. How does Leaphorn find an address for the victim that was dumped in the desert?

5. What happens while Highhawk and Chee are sitting in Highhawk's office and what does Chee do?

6. With whom do Chee and Leaphorn meet and what does Chee tell the person?

7. What do the prosecutors offer Highhawk and what is his response?

8. Describe Fleck's conversation with "The Client" after reading the newspaper articles.

9. What does Chee conclude about the Yeibichai mask and how does he come to that conclusion?

10. What is the possible history of the Inca mask of the god Viracocha?

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