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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it so important for Nora to find the fabled city?
(a) To prove it exists.
(b) To become famous.
(c) To clear her father's name and reputation.
(d) To find the gold and be rich.

2. When Aragon examines the items from the cliff dwelling, what two things does he discover?
(a) The paint is blood and the child was scalped.
(b) The skull is old and the paint is ash.
(c) The paint is charcoal and the skull is male.
(d) The skull is old and the paint is ochre.

3. What do they learn from the skull found?
(a) Someone young died there.
(b) Someone old died there.
(c) Someone was mauled nearby.
(d) Someone was murdered there.

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

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

6. What does Peter want in return?
(a) To go with Nora on the expedition.
(b) To tour the Institute.
(c) To take Nora out for dinner.
(d) To see Nora's potherds.

7. What does Goddard tell Nora that surprises her and makes her unexpectedly emotional?
(a) He reveals how much he loves her.
(b) That he knew her Father and trusted his judgment.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He reveals he is dying.

8. What is soon obvious about Nora's relationship with Sloane?
(a) They will complement each other.
(b) They will ride together.
(c) They will not be friends.
(d) They will be fast friends.

9. Where did Padraic Kelly disappear?
(a) In Central America.
(b) In the canyons of Arizona and Utah.
(c) In the Andes Mountains.
(d) On a ship at sea.

10. How did Nora's father sometimes mark his trail?
(a) By piling up a cairn.
(b) By cutting an arrow into the rock.
(c) By painting a marker.
(d) By scratching his initials and date into the rock.

11. Where does Peter Holroyd meet Nora for the first time?
(a) The Institute.
(b) Cal Tech.
(c) Nora's home.
(d) Pizza parlor.

12. Who is Thurber?
(a) Nora's girl friend.
(b) Skip's best friend.
(c) Nora's boyfriend.
(d) Nora's dog.

13. What does Nora find when she leaves the family farm?
(a) A group of maps.
(b) A letter her father wrote.
(c) A photograph of her mother.
(d) A relic.

14. What does Nora ask Skip to bring into work with him?
(a) His guide to potherds.
(b) Her father's Ruger.
(c) Her dog.
(d) His resume.

15. Who suggests Nora call Cal Tech?
(a) Dr. Blakewood.
(b) Peter Holroyd.
(c) Teresa Gonzalez.
(d) Skip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What significant plants were found in the area and brought to everyone's attention by Holroyd?

2. What about Sloane threatens Nora?

3. How do the Asaszi's destroy their roads so they can't be found?

4. How many towers were there?

5. What are the marks left by the life force when it enters the body?

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