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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 a powaqa?
2. On the night the Cessna crashes, who is scheduled to meet the plane when it lands?
3. In what hotel is Ben Gaines staying while awaiting word on Chee's investigation?
4. Where does Largo recommend that Chee go on his forced vacation?
5. How many grandchildren does Lomatewa have?
Short Essay Questions
1. After escaping detection from the man investigating Chee's truck in the arroyo, Chee is nervous about returning to his vehicle. Describe Chee's actions as he goes back to his truck.
2. According to what Largo tells Chee, what does the Drug Enforcement Agency think about the location of the drug shipment?
3. What does Albert Lomatewa notice about the boot he sees fifteen yards away from him on the trail?
4. How did Gaines and Miss Pauling meet?
5. What happened on the day that Chee first met the owner of the Burnt Water Trading Post?
6. After escaping detection from the man investigating Chee's truck in the arroyo, what is Chee's first instinct?
7. When Chee asks Largo if he's concerned with the missing fifty minutes that Johnson is concerned about, why does Largo admit he's not concerned with the missing minutes?
8. As Chee studies the tracks left on the ground in the wash, what does Chee deduce about the hidden car?
9. While staring at the body Lomatewa finds off the trail, what does he notice about the body's feet?
10. While staring at the body Lomatewa finds off the trail, why is Lomatewa thinking about how to handle the body?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jim Chee and Cowboy Dashee can be seen as kindred spirits. Although they are not quite the same, they share a number of similarities. Identify and describe these similarities. Then, based on your discussion of their similarities, identify the ways in which these two men's similarities facilitate the plot's development and moves the story forward.
Essay Topic 2
Hillerman uses this story to examine the role that truth plays in our daily lives. Examine the author's beliefs through his storytelling. Why would the author choose this story to overlay his demonstration of the consequences realized when the truth is distorted or hidden? What did you learn from the author's discussion on truth? What other avenues, if any, could the author have used to express his beliefs? Would those avenues have been as effective as the story? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
There are several characters introduced in the story who do not survive until the end of the story. Identify at least three people killed as the novel progresses. Compare and contrast each of these deaths, being sure to indicate which character died, how the character died, who was responsible for the character's death, and what impact on the overall plot the character's death had. What could have--or should have--been learned from each of these deaths by the other characters?
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