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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the cave?
(a) There is evidence of a large occupancy.
(b) There are x's on the walls.
(c) There is a black painted room and reverse spirals.
(d) There are multiple bodies.

2. What happened to some of the horses?
(a) The horses were branded.
(b) The horses were stolen.
(c) The horses were gutted.
(d) The horses were stampeded.

3. When Nora and Sloane emerge from the canyon, what are they searching for?
(a) The hand and toe trail to Quivira.
(b) The way back.
(c) Nora's father.
(d) The way out.

4. How does Nora verify their location in the canyon?
(a) By memory.
(b) By GPS.
(c) By aerial reconnaissance.
(d) By relying on maps.

5. What does Aragon do for the first time since the fire circle?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He smiles.
(c) He cries.
(d) He hugs her.

6. What does Nora discover when she gets home?
(a) Her brother is waiting for her.
(b) Someone has broken in.
(c) Her mother is waiting for her.
(d) Her dog has had puppies.

7. What does Sloane tell Nora the next morning?
(a) That Quivira isn't there.
(b) That she is bored.
(c) That she wants to quit.
(d) That she wants to return to the group.

8. Why is that his first assignment?
(a) Because it is the most important.
(b) Because it is one of Nora's incomplete jobs.
(c) Because it is the first one that needs to be completed.
(d) It is in such a state of confusion already that he can do no further damage.

9. Who is the paleopathologist and medical doctor on the expedition?
(a) Aaron Black
(b) Peter Holroyd
(c) Dr. Blakewood
(d) Enrique Aragon

10. What do they discover on the cliff face above them?
(a) Another trail.
(b) An Anasazi Planetarium.
(c) A message.
(d) All of the above.

11. What impedes the barge from making it to the beach?
(a) A log jam.
(b) A rocky shoal.
(c) A sand bar.
(d) Another barge.

12. Who is the wrangler hired by Goddard?
(a) Rudolph Spire.
(b) Roscoe Swire.
(c) Randy Slyer.
(d) Rusty Squire.

13. Why does Nora call Cal Tech?
(a) To find an old friend.
(b) None of the above.
(c) To ask permission to use their new radar technology.
(d) To get a new job.

14. In what condition does Skip arrive for work?
(a) Over qualified.
(b) Hungover.
(c) Overdressed.
(d) Over confident.

15. What does Swire do to the two horses that Nora and Smithback take?
(a) He grooms them.
(b) He feeds them.
(c) He removes their shoes.
(d) He waters them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Sloane threatens Nora?

2. What does JPL stand for?

3. What fabled city is Nora seeking?

4. How does Peter find the road Nora is seeking?

5. Who is the geochronologist on the expedition?

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