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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. Who is Chee going to arrest?

2. What has Fleck done to earn 10,000 dollars?

3. What is on Perry's desk when she arrives at her office after returning to Washington, D. C.?

4. Who is Mary Langdon?

5. What is the condition for Fleck receiving his money owed him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jim Chee's response to Mary's letter?

2. Describe Agnes Tsosie's visit to the doctor.

3. What is one source of cash for Fleck to help his mother and who does he contact about it?

4. Describe what Joe Leaphorn finds at the crime scene Kennedy asks him to investigate.

5. What has Henry Highhawk asked the Smithsonian to do?

6. What makes Leaphorn decide to travel to Washington, D. C. for his vacation?

7. What does the letter Chee receives from Mary reveal?

8. About what does Jay Kennedy call Joe Leaphorn?

9. What is Catherine Perry's thoughts about Highhawk's request?

10. Why hasn't The Client paid Fleck the rest of the money owed Fleck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Talking God, like most detective novels, involves the act of murder. Discuss the following:

1. What is murder? Is the act of murder always clearly murder?

2. Do you think the death of Leroy Fleck, who is a known murderer, is at all tragic? Why or why not.

3. Is murder ever justified? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation whereby Joe Leaphorn, using only his mind, "out detects" the FBI, with its large budget and state-of-the-art equipment.

2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use of and meaning of five symbols found in Talking God.

3. Discuss the use of foreshadowing in literature. What is the purpose of foreshadowing? Cite 3 examples of foreshadowing and how it is used to indicate events to come in Talking God.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Talking God.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Talking God. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Talking God. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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