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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does JPL stand for?
(a) Jacob Plonk's Library
(b) James Pedersen Locomotion
(c) Jeffrey Printing Logistics
(d) Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

2. What are the names of the two black on white shards Sonya takes out first?
(a) Caplan and Cayenne.
(b) Cortez and Kayenta.
(c) Kopla and Coring.
(d) Candice and Koyla.

3. What does Peter agree to do for Nora?
(a) Use the computer at Cal Tech to help her find the road her father describes.
(b) Put in a good word/reference for employment at Cal Tech.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Intercede with Dr. Blakewood on her behalf.

4. What does he call the valley that Quivira is located in?
(a) Calbeh Valley.
(b) Chilbah Valley.
(c) Challeh Valley.
(d) Chileha Valley.

5. What does Skip find out about his brakes?
(a) That someone drained them deliberately.
(b) That the mechanic failed to do his job.
(c) That someone cut the lines.
(d) That the brake fluid leaked out under the car.

6. What is Quivira fabled to be made of?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Silver.
(c) Copper.
(d) Gold.

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

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

9. What is missing from Nora's home?
(a) Her television and her laptop.
(b) Her jar of mad money.
(c) All of her electronics.
(d) Her dog and her hairbrush.

10. What is lacking other than GPS ability?
(a) Oats.
(b) Water.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Food.

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

12. How do the team members get to the beach with the horses?
(a) They are dropped by helicopter.
(b) They swim.
(c) They turn back.
(d) They clear the debris.

13. What are the marks left by the life force when it enters the body?
(a) Spots that are darker than elsewhere.
(b) Ripples on the fingers, toes, and back of the head.
(c) Moons on the finger and toe nails.
(d) Freckles in a specific pattern.

14. What happens to Teresa Gonzales?
(a) She gets married.
(b) She is kidnapped.
(c) She is attacked searching the Kelly farmhouse.
(d) She is attacked in her living room.

15. Who did Nora assign to track those responsible for what happened to the horses?
(a) Swire and Sloane.
(b) Herself and Smithback who volunteers.
(c) Sloane and Aragon.
(d) Herself and Swire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skip go back to the old farmhouse for?

2. How did Nora's father sometimes mark his trail?

3. What does Nora discover when she gets home?

4. When does John leave Nora and Bill?

5. Who does Sloane tell Nora she would partner her with?

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