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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. When the dead pilot's attorney questions Chee about the shot Chee heard, what kind of gun does Chee think fired the round?

2. When Chee finally finds the missing vehicle, what kind of car is it?

3. What is the person searching Chee's trailer looking for?

4. What is Jerry Jansen's occupation?

5. After Chee leaves Lomatewa and types his report, he goes back to his trailer. Where is Chee planning to go the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. When questioned by the dead pilot's attorney, how does Chee justify his conclusion as to where the plane had previously landed and taken off?

2. How did Gaines and Miss Pauling meet?

3. After escaping detection from the man investigating Chee's truck in the arroyo, what is Chee's first instinct?

4. Describe the plane wreckage when Jim Chee first sees it.

5. What does Albert Lomatewa notice about the boot he sees fifteen yards away from him on the trail?

6. According to Lomatewa's plan, when can the three men finally talk about the body they have discovered?

7. Why are there only a few exit points from the wash in which Chee finds the missing vehicle?

8. As Chee studies the tracks left on the ground in the wash, what does Chee deduce about the hidden car?

9. According to what Largo tells Chee, what does the Drug Enforcement Agency think about the location of the drug shipment?

10. According to the owner of the Burnt Water Trading Post, why did he fire Joseph Musket?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they impact the story's plot as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what impact would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development, and the readers' involvement?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Captain Largo and Cowboy Dashee.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role that justice plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of justice, both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 3

There is no doubt that Miss Pauling is greatly affected by the events the death of her brother. Discuss how her brother's death and the events thereafter affect not only Miss Pauling's worldview, but also her determination to find her brother's killer. How do Miss Pauling's experiences affect her mental state, her susceptibility to being used by Gaines, and her willingness to help Chee?

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